Ask HN: What type of personal NAS would you recommend?
It's 2021 and I am still using my home-built NAS (FreeNAS!), but I am increasingly interested in reducing energy consumption and maintenance time (mostly to improve compatibility with the family life, which leaves me less time to tinker with hardware).
So I humbly ask the hivemind:
- what are good solutions for storing personal backup on-site (other than a bunch of external hard drives)?
- What are some caveats that I should avoid?
- Can I trust the 'standard' companies (Synology, QNAP, Seagate, ...) to keep my data sufficiently safe?
Strong opinions, war stories, and all other suggestions are highly welcome!
So I humbly ask the hivemind:
- what are good solutions for storing personal backup on-site (other than a bunch of external hard drives)?
- What are some caveats that I should avoid?
- Can I trust the 'standard' companies (Synology, QNAP, Seagate, ...) to keep my data sufficiently safe?
Strong opinions, war stories, and all other suggestions are highly welcome!