i set up a wildly op little NUC with a 24T DAS in RAID for like $900, all in, but just a straight NAS of similar volume could probably be done for like $400 or less, i bet?

my little rig is like a project and appliance box for seedbox/media services and like future weird home automation b.s., thin clients and other shit TBD. its my speculation that, rather than several true full computers, a less expensive and more resilient system will have a single home-appliance server and then scattered screens and thin/zero clients for shit like browsing/email, media/game streaming, and ebook reading.

or at least, that's what im going to build out for, I think.

i am defining resilience as usefulness even if the internet link goes down. like can i still watch movies, read ebooks, fuck with the internal climate control / read external and high tunnel thermostats & weather data log, etc etc if somebody gets drunk and slices the neighborhood fiber cable or i forget to pay my bill or like Balkanization Cool Zone shit lol.

the amount of cool/fun home tech that becomes pointless without an active internet link annoys and concerns me.