I have been running the DVR on a old laptop running Linux Mint with really no issues. My only issue is that it only has 512GB drive, so I need more space. The laptop has a first gen i5 chip, so I would like to get something a little more modern.
For now 2TB in a non-raid setup is probably what my budget can afford. I have no problems with spending the time either building up a NUC from scratch with linux or windows 10, so more my issue is making sure whatever invest in will have a greater chance of long-term support.
My target is to spend less than $400 for everything(before sales tax) with support for hardware transcoding(etc). Would the NUC(looking at the apollo lake nuc particular) be my best long-term bet over NAS for a single drive scenario?
Thank you,
Stephen