The New "What did you do with your Z today" (with off topic replies) XXVI

b15

I was thinking about this. But then I figured the cost of getting everything I may as well just continue to subscribe to Google and let them worry about the backups

madwi

My thing is one of the points you brought up initially, I dont want all my stuff in the cloud. Storage drives have come way down in price and you dont have to have a server, I just did that because there are 9+ devices that get backed up here. Most newer routers have usb 3.0 ports on them that you can attach a 4Tb HDD to it and call it a day.

b15

Yes, for the foreseeable future, basically our entire lives (in pics/video) would be in the cloud. Maybe it's me getting old, but that just doesn't sit entirely well with me.

I've been looking at some Local NAS set ups for the house. How good/reliable are these? What types/brands of HDD do you IT folks prefer/recommend?

JARblue

I was actually just deciding I need to start looking at this stuff for the office. Our 750 GB drives cost over $500 back in the day - I can practically quadruple storage for 1/4 of that price now. But we'll need a new NAS unit, too.

I like the Qnap products - 4-bay unit in the x31P or x51 series look decent. Right now we're running a Netgear 4 bay unit (solid for over 5 years). Need to do more research on HDs. WD is always decent but gotta make sure you get the right line for your application.

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madwi

Cant go wrong with Western Digital. They have had the most up time for me. Seagate have the worst failure rate for me, to the tune of about 300% vs. WD.
My faves:
https://www.amazon.com/Red-3TB-Hard-.../dp/B008JJLW4M