Oh goodness, I would never make this thing into a NAS. It’s a compute node with bootable storage and a second SSD for temporary storage of transcodes, nothing more.

Speaking of transcodes, I haven’t had an issue with either unit despite both handling hardware transcoding on a semi-regular basis (one for Plex, one for Jellyfin). The system cranks through them pretty decently provided you’re doing one or two at a time, and I’ve had no heating issues with them jammed in a rack with my NAS and network kit. The hardest part was getting Intel’s proprietary drivers working for such a feature, and that was more a (lack of) skill issue on my end than anything else.