Trying to decide on a NAS (giving up on Synology)

[TryintoToSortItOut]

I have two synology NAS units and have been happy with them BUT I don't like where they are heading with only support for OEM drives. That said, this is what I'm trying to do:

I want a new 12 bay (preferably rack mount) NAS with 10 gb ethernet.

In 2024, should I

Get Synology (thinking rs2423+and use unapproved drives (I would ideally use Iron Wolf Pro 20tb)
Move to TrueNas (The TrueNas Mini R looks ideal) (would it work with the above drives?)
Get Synology but stick with their drives (probably not in my budget to do so at this time).

I only want it to be a file server (mostly large RAW photos and videos). I don't need it to do anything else. I will be using it with both mac and windows.
I plan to initially use 4 bays populated with 20tb each raid 10 The second four bays will likely be JBOD for now and the final four for future expansion

Any advice would be greatly appreciated.

 

[Ericloewe]

Move to TrueNas (The TrueNas Mini R looks ideal) (would it work with the above drives?)

They don't seem to show up on the QVL at the moment, but there are no artificial restrictions. I expect that the Mini R is capable of cooling any 3.5" SATA HDD, it is mostly the tower Minis that can struggle in some scenarios.