Hardware setup for Roon - Help an old guy out?

[Suedkiez (Just a fellow user like you)]

Yes, but it comes with complexity and possible issues, and Roon prefer directly attached storage.

Steps to Upgrade Internal Storage Drive in Nucleus

Using a NAS as networked storage, compared to an SSD inside Nucleus: it’s another device to manage and set up it’s another failure point in the system, far more likely to require repair or maintenance than a non-moving SSD network storage doesn’t auto-scan in all situations, and network storage is notoriously dependant on great networking NAS tend to be noisy (fans and spinning drives) and power hungry solutions (another cpu, etc…) While they do work, it is my opinion that a NAS is an inferi…

It needs to be backed up anyway, so why not use directly attached storage and back up to the NAS. Best of both worlds, no issues.