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Basically what the title says. I’m a photographer/videographer with around 20tb in separate HDD drives (currently backed up on Backblaze). I would like something that adds some security & gives me a central hub as my system is probably not feasible long term the more data I have. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

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[–] Lastdudealive46@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago (3 children)

There’s an Amazon sale on a 4-bay Terramaster NAS for $170 right now. You can get that and whatever drives is enough storage space with whatever RAID you want, and then back that up to back blaze.

[–] Lastdudealive46@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago (2 children)

And then if you want to access it remotely, get a cheap micro PC off eBay to use as a VPN server.

[–] juulianassange@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Thank you! I’m still somewhat confused tho because I thought NAS implied I could access it remotely without any add-ons. Also for what I do, what RAID should I be getting? 0-1? Lastly, what drive brand do you recommend?

[–] Hectic911@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago

You can also use a raspberry pi with OpenVPN