I recently set up one of these: https://www.lincplustech.com/products/lincstation-n1-network-attached-storage https://www.lincplustech.com/products/lincstation-

I recently set up one of these: https://www.lincplustech.com/products/lincstation-n1-network-attached-storage https://www.lincplustech.com/products/lincstation-n1-network... and it seems to strike a pretty excellent balance. 4x NVME + 2x 2.5" can get you a lot of storage, but it's still using just a 15W CPU. Build quality is quite good as well. > E.g. a 4TB Samsung NVMe drive is >2.5 times more expensive than a same capacity NAS-grade HDD Samsung is far from the only player in the NVMe space. DRAM-less NVMe drives are quite a bit cheaper (~$50/TB), which if you only want 1-2TB is a great option - ie, if you're just looking for a personal dropbox equivalent. Which was exactly my use case for the lincstation - I just wanted to own my own documents, I didn't need to backup blurays or whatever.