The real point isn’t about the literal cost savings with spinning drives, the point is that if you’re at a capacity level where the cost is becoming a factor th

The real point isn’t about the literal cost savings with spinning drives, the point is that if you’re at a capacity level where the cost is becoming a factor that represents more than one evening out at your favorite restaurant, you’re at the point where a dedicated NAS solution is going to make sense for you. And once you are at that point there is no sense in fussing around with setting up a “bespoke” solution like this that is a product of artificial constraints.