I wouldn’t recommend a Synology NAS if you intend to stream content with Plex/Jellyfin. It simply lacks the horsepower most of the time. I should just go with a DIY solution, imo. If you just want to through components that you have lying around together, I would go with Unraid. Unraid doesn’t really care what you throw at it hardware wise.

For one, they are generally cheaper than your usual external drive. They usually last longer, too.

TBH, you should just buy an internal SSD and pair it with a USB adapter.

To be fair, you could just add bogus information .

https://github.com/stashapp/stash