Currently looking at options (and learning) to get a 4bay NAS, which will be used solely as an SMB destination for data and image backups (both scheduled and manual).
For years I've just used Buffalo single-disk NAS devices, but they're not that great and seem to have issues or fail entirely after only a few years so I'm on #4 and it's starting to have issues. Not to mention the obvious downside of there only being 1 disk, so no failure tolerance.
What I'd like is a 4bay NAS, that I can throw 2.5" or m2 SSDs in, that I can set on a shelf by my desk (network/power available)...so this means it has to be a traditional desktop NAS enclosure, no re-using an old computer or a decommissioned rackmount server.
On to my questions...
- It would seem the $500~ is pretty much the entry price for a 4bay diskless NAS enclosure. Is this accurate?
- Given my use case...no containers, no plex/media, etc...what brands or devices should I be looking at?