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We are digital librarians. Among us are represented the various reasons to keep data -- legal requirements, competitive requirements, uncertainty of permanence of cloud services, distaste for transmitting your data externally (e.g. government or corporate espionage), cultural and familial archivists, internet collapse preppers, and people who do it themselves so they're sure it's done right. Everyone has their reasons for curating the data they have decided to keep (either forever or For A Damn Long Time (tm) ). Along the way we have sought out like-minded individuals to exchange strategies, war stories, and cautionary tales of failures.

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Noob question. Does every NAS offer a cloud to access your files? (alien.top)

submitted 11 months ago by CavillOfRivia@alien.top to c/datahoarder@selfhosted.forum

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Im in need of about 4tb of storage (2 in reality, but if it grows I dont want to be messing with it for a while)

I need to share the NAS on 4 local computers but I would like to access the files remotely in case im not at the location. Does every NAS offer this?

We have a 3tb WD MyCloud thingy at work and it works fine for what im planning to use, but I dont know if there are better options out there.

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[–] Mossheart@lemmy.ca 1 points 11 months ago

Most do, yes but best to have at least a passing knowledge in security practices before doing that. At the very least, ensure that whatever you get supports 2FA for user logins and has a track record of patching vulnerabilities quickly. IMO, I wouldn't trust a WD device after their massive hack that killed their service for 10 days.

Maybe check a Synology or QNAP device.