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!
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.
Well yeah ofc, the op stated they would also have an offsite backup, so I figured I didn’t have to specify
Fair enough.