[theshrike79]

I've just upgraded from a Synology 4 disk setup to a custom-built Unraid system.

Wouldn't recommend it to Joe Normal. I've spent a good 5-6 days just rebuilding parity while switching disks. During which the server makes a godawful noise and the performance is degraded because of constant disk load.

It's great to have 40TB+ of storage right next to me though, the performance is great and I can run every self-hostable service imaginable with it.

But I still subscribe to Apple One for the whole family, it just works for every device (3-4 phones, 3 tablets, 2 laptops). I do have some backups running from those to the local system, but mostly it's for quick restores.

The only thing I'm adamant about is to keep your generated content for yourself. Don't trust FB, Instagram, Youtube or whatever to be the only storage of anything you create. Keep the master copy where you control it, publish it to other services.