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this post was submitted on 14 Aug 2024
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If anyone has, please loop me in on the experience too. They're always recommended as good NAS servers, as they're usually cheap and have fine hardware.
I have heard that it's better to go with a full size one rather than one of those mini/SFFs, as there's more drive bays, so more potential storage capacity and you can more easily put everything into a decent sized RAID array. But if you don't mind just having one giant drive, it should be fine. I think full size ones are easier to modify, but that's just my assumption
Full sized ones should be good as a starter NAS. The potential issue with modifying them is Dell use a lot of proprietary parts like motherboards and power supplies. Otherwise you should be able to use them fine.
I think I'd get an SFF one and just put a big drive in it for movies. It may not be the fastest but SATA should be better than a USB cable for reading data