Looking for server reccomendations?

[Bodacious]

I'm new to servers, so I'm looking for recommendations that would fulfill my purposes. I'm trying to use the NAS for file storage, virtualizing OSs, and hosting a media server like Plex. I was thinking of getting a 4-bay server and filling 2 slots with 16TB 7200RPM drives so I have both adequate size and future upgradeability. It's also not required, but being able to have an NVMe drive as a cache would definitely be nice. I have heard that the DS923+ is a solid option but If anybody knows of any systems as well as drive options that would work well for my purposes i'd appreciate the advice.

[Electronics Wizardy]

Ive used a few synology NAS units, and they generally work pretty well, and are plug and play. If you don't want to diy there a pretty good option, but the CPU and RAM is limited, so don't expect to be running many VMs.

[unijab]

Are you looking for a off the shelf NAS or looking to build your own system?

[Bodacious]

On 2/12/2024 at 7:27 AM, unijab said:

Are you looking for a off the shelf NAS or looking to build your own system?

Off the shelf, while I could build my own NAS, I have a bad habit of only buying the highest-end stuff, even though I'll never use it to it's maximum potential so I'd rather get one that suits my needs already.