It’s getting time to retire the old Apple Airport Time Capsule, and I’m looking recommendations on easy-to-use replacements. This would be used for general files and automatic laptop backups.

Requirements:

  • At least 2TB
  • Capable of archiving to an offline disk used as an off-site backup
  • Easy enough for my parents to use
  • Not crazy expensive if possible

I’ve never used a dedicated NAS, so I’m humbly seeking the opinions of the Lemmy experts. Thank you!

  • Blisterexe@lemmy.zipEnglish
    81·
    9 hours ago

    What I would personally do is get a standard pc, anything that you can plug sata hard drives into and get for cheap, get two hard drives of whatever size you deem necessary, and then put them in raid 1, this means that both drives are a copy of eachother, so if one dies the data is okay.

    You can put whatever software you want, but I would need more info on what you want to do with it to give recommendations there. ie: general file storage only, or also stuff like online document editing? Backups from what kind of system? Only macs or something else too? How technical are you for setup and stuff?

    • non_burglar@lemmy.worldEnglish
      62·
      8 hours ago

      so if one dies the data is okay.

      RAID1 doesn’t protect you against bitrot, config errors from 4 months ago, or a power failure that fries the whole machine.

      The reason they say “RAID is not a backup” is that it is not a safeguard against the above.