I run pfSense with pfBlockerNG and love it. Basically accomplishing the same thing PiHole would do but just doing it inside my router.

I am 25 and building servers and my NAS is a huge part of my hobby and job.

I started as soon as my Dad got an internet connection. We have 1mbps down and it took eons to get anything downloaded. My dad also had a fuck ton of DVDs as he was big into home theater. I learned what an HTPC was and started messing around with an old media player called Boxee. Convinced my dad to get me a 1TB external HDD and started ripping everything to drives.

After I ran out of DVDs I started looking elsewhere for more media to add. Learned about torrenting. Did it wrong the first time, got a letter from the ISP. Then learned to do it right and now I have a 85TB server holding all my media on a Plex server.

I ran out of space on the 1TB HDD and it turned into 2 external drives. 2 Turned into 3. 3 Turned into a NAS with 12TB. That cheap 12TB NAS turned into a FreeNAS server and on, and on, and on.

I also hold onto any documentation and digital manuals and drivers I come across for things I make or computers I build. I also backup my entire families photos onto my servers now too.

SIDE NOTE: Is anyone here looking into the 45 Drives HL15? I got a pre-order in a while ago and I will have it next weekish. Anyone else here checking it out?