This is the correct answer. Very beginner friendly. Very capable of growing on from this. Great way to onboard beginners.
I started with a 2 bay Intel CPU Synology. Used it for a couple of years.used it to learn about Docker. When I started using too many Docker apps and Synology couldn’t keep up, then I got a mini PC for compute and kept the Synology as just a plain NAS.
People recommending manual options for any “make your own” solution is throwing someone way into the deep end. OP can do that if that’s what he’s up for. But my first recommendation to anyone would be to pick up a secondhand Synology and bookmark:
dditty@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 days ago
I have a Synology that does everything I need it to do and it is very simple and reliable. The new ones will restrict what hard drives they are compatible with to only HDDs certified by Synology, so I would not recommend one of those ones