Thinking of switching from QNAP to Synology or Asustor

[jonah (Jonah Aragon)]

@win11.shading291

if I go the TrueNAS route, then could I use just any NAS? I mean, is it like Windows?

Probably not, most dedicated NAS hardware is specialized for a particular OS and locked down. TrueNAS is like Windows in the sense that you can just install TrueNAS on most hardware, but you can’t install Windows on a QNAP or Synology either…

This is the biggest problem with the DIY NAS setup in my opinion. There isn’t a lot of hardware options in as nice of a form factor as the pre-built devices.

This part list looks pretty nice for a 4-bay TrueNAS setup though:

DIY NAS: EconoNAS 2023