Personal Project - NAS for home usage

Hi friends,

I'm currently investigating a NAS solution and after some research I found the OpenMediaVault. I'm planning to implement a personal NAS at home to be used by my wife and myself. So here is the explanation and expectations and I hope you guys can clarify if I'm in the right path or just being or just I'm being naive about it.

I was initially thinking on get a Raspberry PI to get the job done but I gave up, since I might require something more robust in the future.

Current Scenario

I have a desktop, a laptop, several pendrives and two external hard drives with lots of files of several types, both personal and professional and I want to centralize it in a NAS solution. But before doing so, I decided plan all my requirements, which are:

Mandatory requirements

1. Centralize my data in a single place accessible from my desktop, laptop and smartphones.
2. Allow unencrypted synchronization with Google Drive for data to be accessible anywhere directly from Google Drive app or Chrome.
3. Allow encrypted synchronization with Google Drive for data such as movies, series and anything else.
4. Allow encrypted storage in Google Cloud, such as movies and series, stored exclusively in cloud solution.
5. Allow unencrypted data to be stored exclusively in Google Cloud, without local data in NAS.
6. Run software for downloads, such as JDownloader and a torrent client.

Optional requirements

1. Allow requirements 2 and 3 above to be synchronized with OneDrive (less than 5 TB) for safety.
2. Be able to run Plex, Sonarr, Radarr and this kind of stuff

Just to be clear, the requirements 2 and 3 described above should be stored in local NAS and synchronized with cloud storage. On the other hand, the requirement 4 should be stored only in cloud.

In terms of hardware what I have so far and intend to use for this solution is:

• 1x External HDD with 4 TB USB 3.0 (already have)
• 1x Lenovo ThinkCentre M900 - Intel Core I3, 8 GB RAM and SSD 120 GB (buying used one)
• Desktop, laptops and smartphone to access the data

All of this is for personal usage of two users, being it my wife and myself.

Questions, doubts and so on

1. Is Open Media Vault and its ecosystem capable of achieve my mandatory requirements listed above?
2. Is Open Media Vault and its ecosystem capable of achieve the optional requirements above?
3. Does Open Media Vault and its compatible software allows encrypted and unencrypted data to be synchronized with cloud storage (i.e. Google Drive and OneDrive)?
4. Is the device I choose compatible with Open Media Vault?
5. Is it necessary a HDD proper for NAS or a regular is able to do the job?

Initially I know I'll use a lot of data to send everyting to local storage in NAS and also the cloud storage but after initial preparation I don't think the amount of data would be big.

I tried to be as clear as I can in my description, but if there is any further question.

Best regards,

Hi Adoby, thank you for your reply. I understand what you mean and agree with what you said.

Regarding the HDD I'll use mine for learning purposes but I'll have to upgrade it anyway. It is from 2011 and 2,7 TB available and I need at least 4 TB of storage. About the usage, it will be requested a lot in the begining but later only eventual access. I saw a post here or in reddit where a guy use everything from cloud and use his personal NAS just as a backup, and I found this idea very clever for several reasons, it is something to think about.

I talk about Plex, but I have access to a very good server of a friend of mine so I don't need it. It would be just a lab for learning purposes if I set it up in the future.

I received the machine (Lenovo ThinkCentre Tiny M900) yesterday and I already installed the OMV5 and made the updates.

So, now I decide to go easy, in phases but the required objectives I mentioned above remains.