Enterprise Storage for Home Labs: SAN vs NAS Decoded

For home lab builders, the SAN vs NAS decision fundamentally shapes infrastructure performance and scalability. Used enterprise-grade equipment—retired from major corporations—delivers production-level capabilities at budget prices, making solutions like Synology and iSCSI systems far more cost-effective than new appliances. Understanding which architecture suits your workload, from file sharing to hypervisor clustering, is essential for long-term lab stability.