We are discussing the OP which is a 36 TB storage system, which warrants things such as ECC RAM + ZFS. A home NAS, for the typical end user, will not reach 36 T

We are discussing the OP which is a 36 TB storage system, which warrants things such as ECC RAM + ZFS. A home NAS, for the typical end user, will not reach 36 TB. Storage a small percentage of that on AWS or Torsnap will, over time, cost more than the ECC RAM.