• crashoverride@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    He literally just said he didn’t want a NAS. All he needs then is to a get a couple 2-4 TB SSDs, and just stick them in his computer. Boom done

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      1 year ago

      I got that but wondered if he knew what an NAS can be. It doesn’t need to be complicated but you are right: he can just add a bunch of HDDs to his current PC and install the necessary server apps. But I doubt someone who doesn’t want to bother with an added NAS has a PC that can host a bunch of extra SATA drives.

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        1 year ago

        I know what I’m doing, and I don’t want a NAS. I have a 4Tb M.2 as my boot & games drive, and 2x 14TB HDD for Media. I have Plex installed and it’s great.

        Most people don’t need a NAS. Unless you’re running a full network setup like Linus, a NAS isn’t needed.

        I can watch stuff on my PC, or I can cast to the living room TV, while the missus casts to the bedroom PC.

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          1 year ago

          Unless you’re running a full network setup like Linus

          I’m not sure I understand what that means but yes, a NAS is not indispensable, but it’s a great convenience. Pre-NAS that’s how I rolled until I didn’t want to have to run my full-powered gaming PC all the time.