dan98

Thanks for your thoughts. I was confused at first because I thought the OS requires a separate install drive - turns out that's not the case. No storage is included so I'll simply buy a 4TB SATA SSD for data. The M.2 drive won't be required - it seems those drives are more expensive anyway so I'll stick with the SATA option. I will use a USB 4TB drive for backup only. I guess my biggest concern was that main hardware itself will work with Xpenology.

Ok thanks. Think I'm getting it. I was hoping to have one USB 4TB for backup only, and one internal SATA 4TB for all the data. Yeah I'm really aiming for fanless in a silent acoustic environment.. we'll see how this goes.

Thanks for that - sounds reassuring. I also realised that the whole OS stays on the USB drive (I think?) so I'll only need one SATA drive in the machine.

Hmmm now reading through some other posts on this forum, it seems Xpenology will only install on particular / specific hardware....is this true, or is it just a bit unknown? Sorry for the confusion from a complete noob. I'll keep reading until things hopefully become clear.

Having been disappointed with a couple of Diskstation models, in an extremely quiet environment, I'm aiming to make a *totally* silent Diskstation. It's not for heavy duty use, but would be running Plex, NAS, and some other basic stuff for remote access. https://www.amazon.co.uk/Fanless-Desktop-Computer-Windows-HUNSN/dp/B085NLTKW6/ref=sr_1_21?crid=2158UUQ0JAIH0&keywords=fanless%2Bpc%2B2280&qid=1648500866&sprefix=fanless%2Bpc%2B2280%2Caps%2C67&sr=8-21&th=1 - 8GB RAM - 128GB internal M.2 2280 for the OS - 4TB internal SATA SSD for data - 4TB SSD usb for backup Could this work? Thanks