Final server update! Unraid is up and very stable now, figured out logining into my home router to fix IP problems. Upgraded the NIC to a 10gbps card and I can now transfer 150GB of files to the server in 2 minutes 🤯 Very excited to use this going forward for editing.

wow, do I want to know how much this whole setup cost?

If you include the 10gbps Nic I think the whole build is at $2500 including drives.

that's...surprisingly not bad

And there is space for 11 more drives comfortably.