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Leaving public Cloud Storage (alien.top)
submitted 1 year ago by Gredo89@alien.top to c/main@selfhosted.forum
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Hello everyone,

I am currently planning to leave Google Drive with all my data (currently "only" 90GB).

I like the idea of being able to access my data from everywhere though.

Due to how ISPs work where I live, I don't have a fixed IP, except I pay a monthly fee for that and become a "business client".

What do I need besides a NAS (or a Pi with an attached external HDD) to store and access my data?

I currently only have a Laptop and a Pi 3B + WD Elements I already use for Plex.

Plex has the "luxury" of auto-configuring my router and somehow mapping its IP so I can "just connect" from everywhere.

Is there something like that for storage?

What security measures should I consider?

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[–] AdrianTeri@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago

Plex has the "luxury" of auto-configuring my router and somehow mapping its IP so I can "just connect" from everywhere.

Let's be reasonable. If you're going to be away from home I'm sure you don't need all of your content "at a moments notice".

If you do you wherever you are that's you're new home!

In this instance my advice would be to get a small SBC or RasPi + some external storage which you could load up + rotate your content when you travel.

For me I'd add a "travel router" which provides:

  • Expansion of number of devices that can access the internet(hotels)
  • Minimization of security + privacy configs across devices as it can be setup on one - the router
  • Access to SBC/Raspi(and my content) on the LAN