[tapoxi]

If I want to buy a small NAS that just runs Nextcloud and has a copy of my Google Photos library - what do I go with?

I don't have a ton of space so something that fits in the media center.

[jmathai]

If you’re going to run your own NAS then consider swapping Google Photos out with Immich.

I know it’s not the question you asked but I feel not enough people know about it as an option and it’s really as good as Google Photos.

[bayindirh]

GMKTec G9. Four NVMe slots, plus some internal memory to deploy TrueNAS. It only has 12GB of RAM, but has two ethernet cards, acceptable cooling and performance and has a small footprint.

SSDs shall be single sided and gonna need heatsinks, but I believe it works well and is not tied to any manufacturer for anything.

If you want go all-out get ASUSTOR's Ryzen based systems. You can use the stock firmware or disable it without wiping it and deploy TrueNAS on it. It's a beast.

TrueNAS has containers and applications and VM support so you can run any service you want on it.

[shadowpho]

I have a g9 and cooling is fine, but not great. I ended up opening it up and placing heatsinks on hot chips

[bayindirh]

That's true. I had to raise mine on two small cardboard boxes to allow SSDs to breathe. Also mine is not under very high load.

[TiredOfLife]

Google photos will become one way sync only in august. You can upload to cloud, but no sync to pc.