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The original was posted on /r/datahoarder by /u/cbnyc0 on 2024-09-11 06:54:50+00:00.

Genuinely curious what is actually in a driveless NAS that could make it worth $2500-10000, when you can put $20 SATA expansion cards inside basically any gaming pc case, and get a full tower case for under $200.

For $1200 or less, you can buy a rig with a good power supply that does any level of RAID, can accommodate a dozen or so drives internally, has a gigabit Ethernet port, probably has better cooling than the NAS unit, has integrated graphics to run a 1920x1080 display just fine…

What am I missing? Why are these things priced like they have advanced NVIDIA AI hardware in them or something?