Hmm yeah good point about seeing the cost of Synology in the software.
I’d be in a similar situation where my NAS would be NAS only, regardless of being DIY or prebuilt. I have a couple of NUCs/micro PCs that I run things on - one of them is my “NAS” for the moment.
Yeah to me cost is a big factor, but probably equal with freedom. I see the price of a prebuilt NAS (diskless!) and I can’t help but think of what could be achieved with the same money on a DIY system that has the benefits of being upgradable and flexible.
One other factor is that with a DIY maybe I would be too tempted to tinker with a system that should not be tinkered with and just create more work for myself haha
Haha sorry! I realised that after I submitted and had to vote randomly myself to see the results…