Please can someone help me on how to setup a NAS system?

[truewraith]

hi,

I currently have all my media across 6 MyBooks ranging from 1-3tb each and all on their own power plugs, but i was wondering about one day learning how these work and how to set them hope but i have no idea where to start or what to buy first but im sure i can use less power by doing it the nas way!

thanks in advance for any help and time on this.

 

[truewraith]

When you say you want to learn about NAS, are you meaning something along the lines of how to setup, from scratch a device which will become a NAS ? (FreeNAS, Unraid, Ubuntu Server etc etc )

Or to simply to buy one and plug it into the network and see what options there are to play with ?

yeah i meant buy and plug it in to my network and connect to my laptop which i use kodi on