I don’t see anything that would be cheaper than a DS923 from Synology, which costs 570 plus the drives. The cheapest I see still costs me 1200 Euro for everything.

Nah, you need to build a PC or pickup a older server. I went with Synology and it ended up close to $1k with drives 😭

I built a Ryzen 5800X machine using a cheap AsRock motherboard and three 8tb WD Red drives for about $600 USD. I did reuse the case, power supply, and NVME cache drive from an old build. I’m running Unraid and it has been great!

I went with Toshiba drives, but debating that decision. 😄

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https://pcpartpicker.com/list/JhPvZJ

I didn’t even bother getting the best price. I just selected things that would work well.

Get an LSI HBA in IT Mode for another $60 to add another 8 drives.

The case was chosen because it can support 11 drives. It comes with six bays by default but you can buy packs of two bays for $15.

As is, this will cost ~$560 plus the drives and allow you to use eleven 3.5", but cheaper and better options for the PSU, mobo, SSD and memory are out there. I just selected things that would be useful for what you need and provide better hardware than a Synology.

If you don’t need as much storage, you can shave off $160 with a cheaper case and skip the HBA.

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