Can an NAS appliance be used as a regular computer?

To: Debian Users ML <debian-user@lists.debian.org>
Subject: Can an NAS appliance be used as a regular computer?
From: Tom Browder <tom.browder@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 28 Apr 2022 05:42:38 -0500
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All I want is a small PC able to host multiple drives for redundant storage. Can a typical NAS appliance be used for that?

Thanks.

-Tom

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