This page is all about my current home set up, and will be updated as I make changes.
Synology 1821+ (The Monster)
My current NAS (Server) is an 1821+ it handles the majority of my services with ease with most media related containers running directly. Now when it comes to selecting drives I tend to be on the cheap side with the majority of drives being either used or refurbished.
- 32 GB Crucial Memory
MTA9ASF2G72HZ-3G2R - 82 TB Storage (Raw)
- 2x1TB NVME RAID1 Volume
- 10Gbps Intel X540-T1 LAN
Jonsbo N3 Unraid Build (Pretorius)
I have been using an 11th Gen NUC for my Jellyfin/Plex server with a 5 bay Terramaster DAS plugged in as a backup target for my Synology.
As someone who can’t sit still on hardware I got the bug and wanted a new toy! Been seeing various N100 NAS ITX Boards available over the last 12 months and while its not a potent as my NUC its plenty for the use case. So my inexpensive build contains the following:
- Jonsbo N3 Case
- BKHD-1264-NAS Motherboard with N150 CPU
- 16GB Kingston Fury DDR5
- FSP Group 300w SFX PSU
- LSI 9210i SAS Controller
- Swapped case fans with some silent 92mm
Retired Hardware
NUC11 (Pretorius)
For Plex, I have been on the NUC train for a good few years, I am currently using an 11th Gen i3 (NUC11TNK) It’s nice and low power but beefy enough to transcode a few 4k Remuxes for remote users. It’s running Unraid to keep things simple!
- 11th Gen Intel Core i3-1115G4
- 16 GB Crucial Memory
- ZFS Pool (2x1TB)
- 2.5Gbps LAN
NUC8 (Victor) – Being retired for a ‘new’ build
My previous NUC is now on backup duties, it has a Terramaster 5 bay USB-C caddy connected, its also running Unraid as its nice and easy to manage the drives and currently Hyper Backup does nightlies of ‘The Monster’ to a WebDAV target.
- 8th Gen Intel Core i3-8109U
- 16 GB Crucial Memory
- 1 TB NVME
- 2.5Gbps USB LAN
- 5x 6TB Seagate Exos
1815+
My old 1815+ is dead! I did revive it a few times, but it wasn’t having it.
I briefly built a 7th Gen NUC into its guts which I should really publish the ‘guide’ or at least the pictures at some point. I decided to just retire it… I can’t bring myself to get rid of the case so its boxed up in the Garage.
Previous Synology hardware…
