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While we are on the subject I can imagine a device that would be ideal for some of my clients: A small (deck of cards/paperback book) battery powered device tha

While we are on the subject I can imagine a device that would be ideal for some of my clients: A small (deck of cards/paperback book) battery powered device that connects to the office wireless network and is left on the user's desk or in a drawer overnight (when network usage is low) that communicates with the office NAS and stores a backup. The next morning the user sticks it in her purse or briefcase and leaves another for the next night. The one taken home is plugged in to charge for the next time. This still requires the user to remember this process but it is about as minimal as I can imagine for a local backup that is mostly kept offsite. I'm thinking about this in particular for a local non-profit that has privacy concerns with storing their data with a 3rd party. I'm considering putting something together using a Raspberry PI or other SBC. Having the result be under a $100 USD with 128GiB-256GiB of storage would probably be necessary for it to be acceptable.

kencausey 8y ago
Another thought that might make it even simpler (for the user) is to have the device download the data at a throttled rate so it could be done during the workday without impacting the network too much. This way it would be unnecessary to leave it overnight or perhaps even take it out of the purse, backpack, or briefcase. It would still be necessary for the user to remember to recharge it and maybe switch it out or rotate it with other devices.