@Pepijn Yep, same for me! I spent more on drives than on the NAS itself 😂

Hopefully this whole AI hyperscaler data center nonsense bubble pops soon, and memory prices can go back to somewhat normal....

@Pepijn And it's probably cheaper than a Synology + 2 large volume drives: https://tweakers.net/nas/wd/my-cloud-ex2-ultra_p474987/vergelijken/

You do have to cut the listed storage in half though, if you want to use RAID, which you probably do want. So one listed as 8TB is technically indeed 8TB of space, but in RAID it's actually "only" 4TB practically.

@Pepijn But that also heavily depends on prices of SSD memory by that time. My brother was lucky that he bought his memory bars just before the big price jumps.

BTW, my previous solution was this: https://www.westerndigital.com/products/network-attached-storage/wd-my-cloud-expert-series-ex2-ultra?sku=WDBVBZ0000NCH-NESN

For simple use cases (backups, network storage, and rudimentary access via internet/app if you need your files remotely or on your tablet/phone) it was absolutely sufficient. And the big plus; It's an all in one out of the box solution, little building/tweaking required.

@Pepijn His prime reason for going with an SSD solution was the almost complete lack of any noise. Mine is hidden away in a shelve in the kitchen, so I don't care about the noise that much.

We both use our NASes as on-site backup solution, media/file server, and hosting shared files. The Synology can do a lot more (webserver, email server, collaboration, office suite, etc) but I guess I only really use ±25% of what it can do. I'm considering going for a simpler/cheaper SSD solution in ±3 years