I have had a plan to build my own NAS for some time now (go figurers 🙃), but I have waited until I would get my new router from my new ISP to see how much space I will have left in my cabinet to build on. And now when I have got it I can without a doubt say that it is worse then my old one, so now I what to build a router as well! 🙌
I have built computers for personal use before, but nothing like a NAS or a router. But I do like to tinker (Home Assistant ❤️, which current flickers some of my lamp bulbs due to main-bulbs can't get a good connection to said router), but since this computer literary will be on the edge to the internet I want the security to be tight.
I know that VMs is not currently supported, but my idea is currently to run pfSense in a VM (if it's not already an app) and route WAN through it.
Cabinet space
Depth: 115-140 mm (~25 mm is a cut out for the fiber-box that can't be moved, but is located in one corner)
Width: 445-575 mm (~130 mm is the fiber-box)
Height: 335-365 mm (~30 mm is the fiber-box)
Case wishes
Support disk hot swap.
Not really needed, but would be cool. It will probably be easier to just disconnect it and take it out of the cabinet. And the reason for having hot swap is then lost by that point.
I have seen Minisforum's MS-01, but one OS disk and two mirrored disk does not really entices me.
ASUSTOR Flashstor (Gen1) seems cool, but does not have any wifi (for the router), but that could maybe be added with USB? Or by placing a switch/AP on the case's "LAN-port".
I haven't found any ATX/ITX case (at least that I have chosen to remember), but that would be the preferred option, so the hardware can be updated without buying an entire new system.
