If your budget is not stretching for a NAS, then the ORICO 97 Series Multi Bay Type-C External Storage DAS Solution is an alternative you can look at.

It houses five drives up for a total of up to 110TB of space (using 22TB drives) in a tool free design that will get you up and running in no time.

The interface is USB3.2 Type-C, with a max out transmission speed of 5Gbps.

It’s worth noting that there is no hardware RAID here, just driven by software and there is some performance penalties overall. On the other hand, you are not paying 4 digits for a chassis …

Let’s see what Lee thinks of it. And mate, it’s con-cat-ten-nate.

The ORICO 97 Series Multi Bay Type-C External Storage DAS Solution is available from their website (noting their prices there are in USD). The 5-bay unit as reviewed has a RRP A$299.99 on Amazon, and is part of the Big Smile Sale Deal with 20% off, bringing it down to A$239.99. There is also a two bay version available.

There is a better discount on the Orico website of 27%, so check your conversion rates first!