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What to Look for in a NAS?
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Traditionally, a NAS just used iSCSI to look like a hard drive connected over Ethernet cables. This is the bread and butter of the whole NAS thing.
Website hosting, and other features (Samba, NFS, or other storage methods) are optional... Different ways of doing things.
Whatever you do, stick with one methodology. Focusing just on iSCSI should help you simplify your setup and specs.
SAMBA / Windows shares are an alternative, popular approach. It works too but it's different network stuff. If you are a Windows trained IT guy, you might find this path easier.
I guess there are S3 clones or self hosted cloud techs too. But they're all just different ways to attach hard drives to a network. There are pros / cons to each, but you'll only learn the pros/cons by doing it yourself and playing with it.