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I got that but wondered if he knew what an NAS can be. It doesn’t need to be complicated but you are right: he can just add a bunch of HDDs to his current PC and install the necessary server apps. But I doubt someone who doesn’t want to bother with an added NAS has a PC that can host a bunch of extra SATA drives.

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I know what I’m doing, and I don’t want a NAS. I have a 4Tb M.2 as my boot & games drive, and 2x 14TB HDD for Media. I have Plex installed and it’s great.

Most people don’t need a NAS. Unless you’re running a full network setup like Linus, a NAS isn’t needed.

I can watch stuff on my PC, or I can cast to the living room TV, while the missus casts to the bedroom PC.

If you have a computer, and it’s on the internet, you have NAS… Network Attached Storage… your computer is on the network, and it has storage, then it’s network attached storage. Everything else is just software controlling it all. FFS

Yes, you’re right, pedantic, but right. Thing is, we’ve been talking about having an “on-prem” NAS.

There’s really not any need to have a go at me, I’m just trying to help some dude who doesn’t want to spend an extra 300 quid on a NAS box, setup the software and have to play with raid.

As if any of that is more complicated than running your off the shelf Windows computer… at about the same cost… because, ultimately, they’re the same thing… an operating system, running one or more storage drives, plugged into a network. If that is too complex to wrap one’s mind around… well… shrugs

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Unless you’re running a full network setup like Linus

I’m not sure I understand what that means but yes, a NAS is not indispensable, but it’s a great convenience. Pre-NAS that’s how I rolled until I didn’t want to have to run my full-powered gaming PC all the time.

It’s not really a convenience if you’ve never set one up, not technically minded, and are just after some media storage.

You’ll be telling him to install some Linux distro next.

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No no, I can read the audience. He can get a pre-built NAS from the likes of Synology or QNAS with a nifty simplified web interface. They are very low maintenance and there are detailed, step-by-step guides to turn them into streaming monsters.

Can you get better hardware for less money? If you go the DIY route without a doubt. But sometimes you want a box with a bunch of drives to store your movies and serve them without a hassle and you can buy that.

My only complaint is Synology skimps too much on the RAM.

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