Comment on What's your recommendation for a small NAS?

• Fuck_u_spez_@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

  A big part of why I want a(nother) NAS (I already have two because I’m a maniac) is that I need a backup of my surveillance system’s footage, not only in case of data loss but also in case someone breaks in and steals my NVR – the device which would otherwise contain the only video of them breaking in and stealing my NVR.

  As of last night, I have an offsite backup functioning so that problem is mostly solved, but I still wanted a redundant copy saved locally. Since the NUC is busy being a server and occasionally a PC, I was looking for something else that’s also small which I could hide from a burglar inside a wall or ceiling.

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  • sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

    Why not a VPS? $5/month gets you 40GB storage instance, and 2 vCPUs at Hetzner (or a number of other places) so you could even give it a web interface so you could access it remotely. Install something like MicroOS or Silverblue and it’ll update itself.

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    • Fuck_u_spez_@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

      Living on a busy street, my cameras would fill 40GB in just a few days. Ideally I’d like to have at least a few weeks if not months of retention. I’m also fiercely anti-subscription to the point of irrationality. I wouldn’t be in this community otherwise – I’d just have a Ring or Blink plan like a normie.

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      • sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

        A Hetzner storage box could work, which is about $3-4/mo for 1TB.

        But if you really want it local, a cheap SBC w/ a big SD card seems like a good option. It’ll be slow and you’ll need to replace the card periodically, but it will sip power and is incredibly easy to conceal.

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