Re: very unfortunate move,
With DAS you still need a OS, but yes, I'm thinking of going this way for home "media" usage myself. Crazy thing is though, there really isn't any dedicate DAS chassis.
I'm thinking of sticking a Pi4 in some 4/5/6 bay expansion box, or initially just on top for testing. Sure, you won't get blistering speeds, but I reckon it'd be fast enough for serving as central storage.
The replacement for that DS620slim is a SuperMicro X10SBA Mini-ITX in a Silverstone CS01S-HS case (6 extenally accessible hotswap trays, plus two more internal (which I'm not using as there are just six SATA ports on the X10SBA)). I've also built a rackmount server to fit in a 40cm deep wallmount network 19" rack, same mainboard and a disk bay holding 6 2.5" drives in a single 5.25" HH chassis. That one has been running fine for several years now.
Biting the hand that feeds IT
