Think it’s time to leave Synology. First, the two-step login process I loathe (“Enter your username. Oh! Enter your password.”) Now it emails a verification code. For a disk array. In my closet.
Choose your fighter
Hmm, I don’t really need a NAS. Maybe OWC ThunderBay 4 or QNAP TR-004 attached to the Mac mini would be fine. Certainly faster.

@nuthatch unsolicited advice:

In the before times, I bought this guy and am pretty happy with it. https://a.co/d/0hQKFPnv

Maybe less practical given nvme ssds are super expensive but an option.

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