small NAS for home use

Meanwhile, there are small UPSs from e.g. APC with USB connection. I have one of these connected to the NAS at my in-laws'. It is completely sufficient until the NAS is safely shut down in the event of a power failure.

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, even cheaper than some dedicated NAS.

that's exactly how it is. After a simple Qnap NAS, I quickly realized that I would also like to run other programs on it. But that wasn't possible. Then I decided to build one myself. First with Openmediavault, after a hardware upgrade to an Intel J4205 then with W10.

With the next upgrade, there will also be a proper performance boost. Then I'll also run the ETS on it in the future. With remote access from the phone, you can even make small changes through it if needed. IP-Symcon and Portfolio Performance are already running on it.

I would recommend this path to everyone, it really is not rocket science. Technikaffe serves as a great source of information with different hardware configurations for various requirements and budgets. ;)

I would only recommend comparing and weighing idle power consumption a bit regarding electricity costs. There are some more power-hungry (usually also more potent) systems. With W10, you don't really have to deal with a new OS.

I also see Synology here and no self-made system. The DS218 is sufficient.

I think so too. You have to be really into tinkering and "the household" should support it.

Definitely connect a UPS.

You can do that, but I don't see it as absolutely necessary. The power grid is not the biggest threat to the NAS and even if it is, a RAID 1 with a journaling filesystem isn't really harmed if the power goes out. Of course, you should have a backup. For me, it has proven valuable to team up with a friend and back up crosswise. So his NAS backs up to mine at night and mine backs up to his.

So, the DS218 is installed and doesn't blow me away. The fan rattles and Minecraft of course doesn't run, since Docker cannot be installed. They will probably send it back and upgrade to the DS220+. Thanks for your help.

If you build it yourself, you can make it fanless... :p

If you build it yourself, you can make it fanless... :p

I am already at the point of configuring the fan via Putty so that it stays off until 50 degrees CPU temperature. Despite a lot of traffic, the temperature never went above 43 degrees.