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Do you exclude NAS functionality? Because multiple TB of cloud storage are definitely not affordable. Similarly, yeah you could store movies in the cloud, but
by diffeomorphism 4y ago
Do you exclude NAS functionality? Because multiple TB of cloud storage are definitely not affordable.
Similarly, yeah you could store movies in the cloud, but streaming those all the time is a huge waste of bandwidth and for many home internet connections quite high load.
Oh, and I also want my smart home to continue working when there is no internet connection.
- bpye 4y agoNot just that multi TB are not affordable, but also I can get >1Gbps throughout on my local network and essentially 0 latency - whilst my internet connection is max 1Gbps and effectively a little less, with more significant latency. When using the file share for something like Lightroom it makes a significant difference.
- 8fingerlouie 4y ago> Do you exclude NAS functionality? Depends on the situation. If your needs are handling large amounts of photos/videos for work/hobbies, then a NAS probably makes sense, but if you're just hoarding a bunch of movies/tv-shows, does that really need RAID5/6 ? A single drive would probably be adequate, considering that you can probably "recreate" the contents. Personally i use a content cache on my LAN that caches data for the cloud, meaning my data i available at LAN speeds on my LAN, but still stored in the cloud. But my original comment was mostly about self hosting services.