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- NAS
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- Operating system
- macOS
- Windows
- Mobile operating system
- iOS
This will be my first step into NAS land!
TLDR: replace 3 purpose-use external hard drives, dropbox, adobe access, and daily backups.
I have a few MUSTS and a few WANTS, cost conscious (but also saving by removing some existing services)
MUSTS
- must replace dropbox - I pay for it, want to have my own cloud storage that I can access ANYTIME and from mobile iOS
<not necessary to be shareable - I will migrate to a free dropbox account that I can move files to if I need to share>
<not necessary to have files that can be worked on simultaneously like Onedrive>
- must be accessible by windows10, mac OS, ios at any time
- must be able to store my Adobe Lightroom photos and be accessible real time to edit
- must replace my USB external HDD that I use to offload less used files, but may need to access (and search) sometimes
- must be a source for backups of my (2) macbooks [time machine] & (2) lenovo desktops [backblaze]
<2 computers are daily use, 2 computers are weekly use>
- must have a way to backup the entire NAS as well - open to cloud [backblaze] or hardline with offsite storage
WANTS
- would be nice to store video files that I MIGHT edit in the future with Adobe Premiere.
- would be nice to move my G-suite email to a mail server. I pay for 4 email accounts, $5 each/month
- would like to move files from external HDDs using a cable, rather than wireless (for speed - want to do it quickly)
DON'T NEED
- don't care for streaming video or audio. I pay for Netflix/HBO/Hulu/Disney/Spotify/Prime ... Yeah - that's $770 a year / If there is a legal way for me have the same content, ease of access, for less - I'm open to hear it (as a subtext, let's not get sidetracked from the primary goals above)
- don't need to share photos, or consolidate photos from devices... my workflow is: take pictures on DSLR + iphone, move to macbook, move to Lightroom --> currently this process is annoying and mostly iphone not DSLR, so an easier method would be welcome, not required.
- don't need virtual machines
- don't need security camera storage/access BUT I do have 2 nest cams, that I would be OK to migrate if possible (I pay $100 a year to store 5 days of data - If I can keep same cams, great, if I have to pay to replace - must cost $200 max including additions to NAS HDD cost for more space)
costs: I currently pay for 2 backblaze backups and 1 dropbox pro account - this costs me $240 a year -- I probably buy 3 new external harddrives to replace my drives every 3-5 years, this amortized costs me $80 / year... TOTAL cost: $320 a year
a NAS should cover my MUSTS and the cost to buy the NAS, pay for backups, and replace NAS drives every 3(?) years, for the same, or lower cost --- ie. NAS + NAS drives + cloud backup = ~$960 w/ 3 years backup w/ drive replacement costing ~$240 every 3 years.
I tried to be thorough!!!
Your thoughts are appreciated.
Melvyn
TLDR: replace 3 purpose-use external hard drives, dropbox, adobe access, and daily backups.
I have a few MUSTS and a few WANTS, cost conscious (but also saving by removing some existing services)
MUSTS
- must replace dropbox - I pay for it, want to have my own cloud storage that I can access ANYTIME and from mobile iOS
<not necessary to be shareable - I will migrate to a free dropbox account that I can move files to if I need to share>
<not necessary to have files that can be worked on simultaneously like Onedrive>
- must be accessible by windows10, mac OS, ios at any time
- must be able to store my Adobe Lightroom photos and be accessible real time to edit
- must replace my USB external HDD that I use to offload less used files, but may need to access (and search) sometimes
- must be a source for backups of my (2) macbooks [time machine] & (2) lenovo desktops [backblaze]
<2 computers are daily use, 2 computers are weekly use>
- must have a way to backup the entire NAS as well - open to cloud [backblaze] or hardline with offsite storage
WANTS
- would be nice to store video files that I MIGHT edit in the future with Adobe Premiere.
- would be nice to move my G-suite email to a mail server. I pay for 4 email accounts, $5 each/month
- would like to move files from external HDDs using a cable, rather than wireless (for speed - want to do it quickly)
DON'T NEED
- don't care for streaming video or audio. I pay for Netflix/HBO/Hulu/Disney/Spotify/Prime ... Yeah - that's $770 a year / If there is a legal way for me have the same content, ease of access, for less - I'm open to hear it (as a subtext, let's not get sidetracked from the primary goals above)
- don't need to share photos, or consolidate photos from devices... my workflow is: take pictures on DSLR + iphone, move to macbook, move to Lightroom --> currently this process is annoying and mostly iphone not DSLR, so an easier method would be welcome, not required.
- don't need virtual machines
- don't need security camera storage/access BUT I do have 2 nest cams, that I would be OK to migrate if possible (I pay $100 a year to store 5 days of data - If I can keep same cams, great, if I have to pay to replace - must cost $200 max including additions to NAS HDD cost for more space)
costs: I currently pay for 2 backblaze backups and 1 dropbox pro account - this costs me $240 a year -- I probably buy 3 new external harddrives to replace my drives every 3-5 years, this amortized costs me $80 / year... TOTAL cost: $320 a year
a NAS should cover my MUSTS and the cost to buy the NAS, pay for backups, and replace NAS drives every 3(?) years, for the same, or lower cost --- ie. NAS + NAS drives + cloud backup = ~$960 w/ 3 years backup w/ drive replacement costing ~$240 every 3 years.
I tried to be thorough!!!
Your thoughts are appreciated.
Melvyn