Am 02.12.2021 um 10:46 schrieb Walter Cazzola
<cazzola(a)di.unimi.it>:
From your experience do you have some brand/model to suggest? Or something
that I should consider that I didn't list?
According to your list you may need rather a „full blown“ NAS like QNap or Synology. Both
have a lot of additional server applications for various purposes and desktop applications
specially designed to support those NAS services not only for Windows, but almost entirely
for MacOS and Linux as well. They are flexible and can presumably be adapted to changing
needs. Personally, I've been using various Synology models for longer as a decade now
at about the same purposes as you are planning (and some more, e.g. a mail hub, ebook
library, etc), currently a DS 918+ with SSD cache. But keep in mind, it's based on
Linux, but in the end it's a closed, proprietary system.
This works well, but really only as far and as long as you want to do exactly what
Synology applications are for and what the web interface architects envisioned - and
that's pretty basic. As soon as this is no longer enough (and the chance is quite high
after some time of use), it becomes very difficult and cumbersome. And too often is is
impossible because Synology overwrites custom configurations with the defaults at every
boot. I startet to migrate a lot of services to a Fedora Server (rsp. several servers
using beside a traditional small server also affordable but powerful Single Board
Computers). My Synology is increasingly becoming a plain backup storage (and an expensive
"overkill" for that).
You should consider joining the Fedora Server mailing list. There you will find advice on
how to set up and run a Fedora Home Server.
Best
Peter