It's a server for my purposes - I have some folders that I can drop stuff in to, and then things just auto-magically happen to those files and my output is thrown out the other end.
Being able to do that over 10Gbe is blindingly quick. I use the Mac Mini to host some virtual machine stuff that I work on, and also have some file shares that I work with a lot during the day. The NAS units are connected via dual 1Gbe connections, and the Mini is connected with 10Gbe. I then also have my i7 6 core Mac Mini with a couple of 2Tb SSD installed, and it also runs Plex with the media coming from the NAS. This used to be my primary way of working with large stuff - the 1Gb connection was getting a bit frustrating as I often have to move about large-ish virtual machines. I now have my two Synology DS918+ units that are backed up primary to secondary, and it also runs some apps like DropBox, some cloud stuff, and a VM. Not really by design, more by accident tbh. It's an interesting conundrum isn't it - I went through something similar, and ended up with.Both.
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