This is my first NAS and I’ve been waiting, drooling, plotting, and scheming for so long. The stupid Green Sunday deals got me to finally pull the trigger. That… and I plan to backup client 365 data so I might as well get that ball rolling and have some passive income.

I’ll also be using this for Time Machine backups, software / data storage, VMs, containers, and who knows what else.

I went with the Synology DS923+. I’m sad about the lack of an Intel chip for transcoding but I will live and figure something else out for that purpose.

My BOM:

Synology DS923+ ($413.63)
Synology 10GbE RJ-45 E10G22-T1-Mini ($109.99)
4 x 16TB Seagate IronWolf Pro $269.99 ($1079.96)
2 x 16GB OWC DDR4 SODIMM non-ECC Memory $48.65 ($97.29)
2 x 2TB Samsung 980 Pro M.2 $129.99 ($259.98)

Ancillary purchase:
Western Digital Elements 16TB USB 3.0 Hard Drive ($209.99)
Ubiquiti Flex XG 10GbE switch ($310)

Good lord I just added it all up $2,480.84. FFS - don’t tell my wife!

I have an iMac Pro with built-in 10GbE and a decent Unifi setup so I figured it was time for the Flex XG to join the party. The DS923+, my iMac Pro, and whatever I used next for Plex and Proxmox will all be 10GbE.

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