small NAS for home use

My experience is that people have no idea what other ideas they might come up with.
There is such a soc, a good expandable alternative, and depending on the case, sometimes even cheaper than some dedicated NAS.

he wrote down the requirements quite precisely and what he proposed is sufficient for that. That's what matters :)

Thank you for the info. A few more words.

My experience is that people have no idea what other ideas they might come up with.

The only thing I could still think of would be to make my colorful mix of smart home gadgets independent of various company servers. Nooie, Homematic IP, Tadoo, Philips Hue, Reolink. But since everything is bundled in Alexa, that's probably illusory.

I also see Synology here and no custom build. The DS218 is sufficient. Definitely connect a UPS. Also nice if you want a few cameras. The Synology is easy to understand. There is a large community for support. Also very practical as your own cloud.

Hi,
if you don't feel like spending a lot of time building something yourself, a Synology is a good choice. I've had a 211 in use here for years, and it has been running without any issues to this day. The 218 should meet your requirements, although I'm not sure about the Minecraft server.

I have all the important stuff on the Raid 1 drives inside the case, and there are USB drives connected to the NAS for dispensable things like recordings from the TV receiver, etc.

Important: Raid 1 is not a replacement for a backup! All really important stuff is backed up on USB drives every two months, which are then stored in physically separate locations.

Best regards,

Andreas

So I would definitely not build a custom (DIY) solution for that.

I now have 10 NAS devices in the basement, the oldest of which (about 14 years old) is a Synology RS408 with 4x 1.5TB desktop hard drives and a very old DSM 4.2 system. So far, I have never had a NAS failure myself (only replaced some drives). At a customer’s site, I once replaced both an external and an internal power supply in more than a hundred NAS devices. Both QNAP and Synology can really build good NAS devices. They are now running very reliably!

If you want a bit more (double) performance, take the DS220+, otherwise the DS218 is sufficient. As already mentioned, think about an (automated and controlled) backup of the NAS! A NAS is not a server! (You have to repeat this often enough until even the last person gets it.) Backup including status message on (mis)success works well with the free "Hybrid Backup Sync".

A UPS just for the NAS as suggested by is difficult due to the too low! load. But just connect the router, switch etc. as well, then it should be fine. Most UPSs require a minimum load to run "acceptably" (this is my latest knowledge on the subject, which might no longer be correct).