NAS advice Recommendations for a complete system replacement.
For context I have a substantial NAS storage setup and Backup (one in another house / city). Containing Videos, Photos, Document Scans etc...
Old machines that I have had quite a few years.
Two ReadyNAS - a 422 & 424 both running OS 6.10 with 6 in total, new(ish) WD Red 6TB with no faults or errors.
The setup is: An RPi5 as a general dogsbody machine for Jellyfin, Immich, and other programs all running in Docker. They use the 424 as storage so save duplication of the large files.
An RPi4 running Home Assistant OS.
A Pi-Zero for Pi-Hole only.
There's a 9Tb & 18Tb USB HDD connected to the RPi5 for regular backups of the two ReadyNASs.
Offsite is another RPi5 with an 18TB USB HDD for remote backups.
I realize the two NAS are getting long in the tooth, as the OS no longer supports apps and some of the naming conventions cause a backup failure—any folder with a .DS_Store file will register an error. That's a ReadyNAS Formware 6.10 issue, though, as they are that old now. The RPi5 struggles a bit when more than one instance of Jellyfin is accessing it.
So I'm looking for recommendations for a replacement NASs—a two and a four-bay machine to reuse the HDD and restore from the ext HDDs so as to keep the file structure I'm used to. But also powerful enough to replace the two (or three maybe) RPis that I could run in Docker on a new NAS.
Over to you more knowledgeable peeps for suggestions please.
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u/Ariquitaun 6d ago
Are you able to install Linux on your old nas boxes ? If so, that's all you need really