Ultimately, I intend to do 3 things with the Pi. I'd like it to operate as a NAS box, run Pi-hole and also be able to power on my desktop (probably just WOL) for when I'm not home. Yes, I could just leave my desktop running, but then it's unnecessarily putting my energy bill up. The Pi won't have an impact quite as much. So with that thought in mind, I'll want it powered 24/7.
I've not really jumped into Pi projects before, so I'm not sure of my available options to accomplish this. I know that USB 2 is too slow for a HDD, but I know USB 3 is significantly faster. So I'm thinking about grabbing a powered USB 3 hub to connect 2-4 drives on each of the ports giving me a total of 4-8 drives. The Pi would probably run Ubuntu Server (as I intend to run it completely headless) and have both OpenMediaVault and Pi-hole running as services.
I don't know of any Pi enclosures that could handle that many drives and space for 2 powered hubs. The most I've seen is just one 3.5" drive lol.
So out of this, I have 2 questions.
Is this plan practical and can it/will it work?
Are there any enclosures that could handle that many drives with some spare room to hide 2 USB hubs?
Thanks
