I have an M1 Mac Studio serving up Plex, Immich, Mealie, and more. I’m currently storing the files to a NAS, but my plan is to switch to a DAS so that I can take advantage of Backblaze Personal backup ($100/year for unlimited backup). I will move my NAS offsite and will use Tailscale + rsync to backup critical files.

I’m looking for a DAS with the following minimum qualities:

RAID 5 capability

4+ HDDs

A connection that won’t bottleneck the speed

10 Gbps, I think

OWC Thunderbay seems to fit the bill, but the cost when including SoftRAID is a little steep. Looking to see if anyone has DAS recommendations...or has feedback on my approach.