Hi all - new to NAS world so please bear with me, need a bit of a sense check to make sure I understand how the below could work. I have 6x 12tb HDDs in a gaming rig (only 3 currently have data I need to keep - 3 can be wiped). Aim to shift to a 8 bay NAS but do not plan on filling out the extra 2 …

Another point is that, while we generally love ZFS and TrueNAS here, it isn’t for everyone, and many people find it has kind of a steep learning curve. If data integrity isn’t super-important to you, you may want to look into other NAS software. OpenMediaVault seems to get pretty good reviews, and…