| I can't fill out the survey because I do not have access, so my answers are below. Cloud vs. Edge: Why choose a local NAS over iCloud, OneDrive, etc.? Cost, privacy, performance? Primarily privacy and control over my data. Fun to tinker with. Use Case: What tasks would your NAS handle? Jellyfin, Frigate, backups, AI/ML? Just storage, I can run a separate server that has all workloads. Performance: How key is CPU power, power efficiency, or upgradability (e.g., PCIe slots)? Your LAN speed (1, 2.5, 10, 25 Gbps)? As power efficient as possible. >10Gbps network. I don't care about additional PCIe slots. Just a small form factor with maximum drives. Storage: Preferred drive bay count (2, 6, 8+)? NVMe cache for reads/writes? Ideal capacity (10 TB, 50 TB+)? I'd personally say 4-6 drive bay count. Definitely drive bays, not USB and preferably software raid (I don't like hardware raid controllers when software has gotten so good) OS: TrueNAS, Unraid, OpenMediaVault, Linux, or no preference? No preference, why not user choice? At least Unraid is proprietary, so that would be my last choice. Design: Appearance matter? Displayed or hidden? It will be in a closet for me, so just small. Budget: Ideal price (excluding drives)? 300-400 but wouldn't mind going high if the price is justified. Pain Points: What frustrates you about NAS or cloud solutions? Killer feature to switch? There's no real alternative for Synology but I don't want the proprietary software. Especially now that they're restricting it to Synology drives. |