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Complete NAS solution for parents for Christmas (alien.top)
submitted 2 years ago by FiziksMayMays@alien.top to c/datahoarder@selfhosted.forum
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Hey everyone,

My parents have a bunch of data just sitting on external drives, and that data is not copied anywhere. They have lost family photos to a failing drive before, and I want to prevent something like that from happening again.

In this vein, I want to get them a complete NAS solution for a Christmas present. I work in technology, although not in IT, so I am competent at understanding things of this nature but do not have the knowledge myself currently.

Ideally, this is my target system:

  • an easy-to-use NAS that they will find intuitive (and cannot easily break)
  • a automated backup solution (ideally one on-site and one in the cloud, I use Backblaze B2 personally)
  • perhaps a UPS to really mitigate the possibility of error (do you all think this is necessary?)

I will provide

  • a budget to get this done (I am comfortable spending between 1-2k USD)
  • the initial setup for them
  • support in the future should something go wrong

Any advice is greatly appreciated! I'm not currently aware of how much storage will actually be required, but I think 5 or so TB to start would be sufficient.

I've been looking at synology NAS options and am really just looking for advice on whether I've made some sort of mistake in reasoning, companies/products to avoid (or use), and any other advice you all would think is valuable :) Thanks again!

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[–] that_one_wierd_guy@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago (2 children)

I'd look for something you can administer remotely, that way when something goes wrong(trust me something will) it won't have to wait till you can go over there, to get it fixed. also while your at it, something that can double as a media center might be nice

[–] FiziksMayMays@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago

Thanks for your comment!

I'd look for something you can administer remotely,

Totally agree! I'm not far now but who knows in the future :)

something that can double as a media center might be nice

That's a great idea, especially because they have a collection of DVDs I could rip and put on there. Any particular considerations that matter when adding the ability to be a media center (besides maybe transcoding)?

Thanks again!

[–] Sopel97@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago

a tailscale network for ssh access