I love this :D

so you basicly also recommend getting a proper case and psu to fit everything into one machine?

Yeah i assume that the hdds might be more the limiting factor. As mentioned, i am just worried about usb causing troubles with my data.

i assume you also put all your computing into the Jonsbo N3? This case also has an integrated powersupply? if yes this kinda looks a bit like what i am looking for.

well, USB is known to be kinda iffy with random timeouts etc. I dont know. I would like to have those drives in a raid5 configuration and i assume running all of this over a single connection would throttle everything down. I heard e-sata would be a better alternative but also kinda slow. my server sadly doesnt support thunderbold. Also i am a bit worried that the reading speeds would be to slow for something like jellyfin (if that isnt already the case)

Well, I want to use the hardware i have at home first bevore i buy a new nas. But having an external hdd rack would also allow me to seperate storage from computation and make everything a bit more modular

I was thinking about that as well, but I energy costs are a concern for me. May I ask how many watts your setup needs?