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> But how many people put more data onto it than you could fit into a relatively normal NAS? I would think one off-the-shelf NAS is firmly within the scope of a
by ac29 6y ago
> But how many people put more data onto it than you could fit into a relatively normal NAS? I would think one off-the-shelf NAS is firmly within the scope of an unlimited data storage plan.
A typical home NAS is probably on the order of 10TB. I have a feeling that would be OK for "unlimited" cloud storage, even if the provider took a loss on those customers. The problem users are certainly storing hundreds or thousands of TB. In the age of inexpensive 1GBit home internet connections, one could theoretically store ~10TB per day.
- Firerouge 6y agoNot practically, Google has enforced a 750 gigabytes uploaded per 24 hour period per Google drive account limit for awhile. https://support.google.com/a/answer/172541?hl=en#:~:text=Individual%20users%20can%20only%20upload,or%20synchronize%20is%205%20TB https://support.google.com/a/answer/172541?hl=en#:~:text=Ind....
- thebean11 6y agoThere are single hard drives that store 16TB, and most pre made NAS boxes have at least two drive bays.
- joshstrange 6y agoTo be fair those are VERY new and 10TB is probably an accurate estimate of the /average/ NAS user. I have 150TB (I am not average) and the max drive size I have is 8TB right now. Similarly, I'm about to set my dad up with a Synology which I'll be putting 3x8TB for 16TB usable. I even offered to put in 16's but he didn't need the space and didn't want to pay the extra to get it (especially since he can upgrade later if desired)
- Dylan16807 6y ago16TB is very new, but 12TB and 14TB have been around for a couple years. While an average NAS might have 10TB, I wouldn't even call it particularly high end to have a 6 bay NAS with 50+TB of usable space.