I’m in the same boat. My 2 bay Synology is enough, but the apps and Docker containers are bringing it to its knees. I’m keeping the Synology and adding on a mini PC to run docker containers.
Found a mini PC with an i5-12500T for £240.
I’m a noob at this stuff, but I’m hyped to get more stability in what I host and start using more demanding services.
borari@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 weeks ago
I have a 6 bay, so yeah that might be a little limiting. I have all my personal stuff backed up to an encrypted cloud mount, the bulk of my storage space is pirated media I could download again, and I have the Synology using SHR so I just plug in a bigger drive, expand the array, then plug in another bigger drive and repeat. Because of duplication sectors you might not benefit as much from that method with just 4 bays. Or if you have enough stuff you can’t feasible push to up to the cloud to give piece of mind during rebuilding I guess.