So, I have an old 3rd or 4th gen Intel NUC that’s I used to use to run Kodibuntu back in the day. I’m thinking of repurposing it into a low power home server to run the *arr suite, Jellyfin and nextcloud plus maybe some other bits. Nothing too taxing that I can see.
Obviously I need hard drive space to go with this. Is a USB enclosure, directly attached, going to be fast enough? Or do I need to go to a NAS of some kind? Alternatively, my router has a USB connection for a HDD - would that be better?
I have recently been buying cables. I’ve come to the conclusion that a Man’s purpose in life is to collect them and put them in a drawer.
Anyway these cables are usb 3.0 to 3.5" HDD cables with a power supply.
This has allowed me to mount 3 old HDDs I had gathering dust. These are the main storage for my NAS which is OMV through Proxmox.
They work fine, I’m able to watch Plex and also have a friend that watches my Plex.
They were all of £15 each.