So instead of buying a NAS (Network Attached Storage), I decide to convert my old system and build my own. With 64 gigabytes of ram, a Radeon RX4800 (I know.... "Overkill"), and Intel Xeon E5-2697 v3 14-Core @2.60GHz already on hand the only thing I needed to purchase was a network card and the most important item in the NAS, the storage. I started out purchasing six 8 terabyte helium (quiet and heat resistant) hard drives, a 10 gigabit network card, and added some other accessories I needed to complete the upgrade. Afterward, I went ahead and downloaded the TrueNAS ISO from there website, installed it on a USB stick using Rufus and ran the installer on the built server and voila, I have a working TrueNAS Scale server. Now that it is running and seems stable after 24 hours of stress test, it's time to set up the storge usability and applications that I will be using on it. Like building virtual machines and using docker containers. Maybe setup my an LDAP and creat...