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NAS vs. refurbished server
(alien.top)
We are digital librarians. Among us are represented the various reasons to keep data -- legal requirements, competitive requirements, uncertainty of permanence of cloud services, distaste for transmitting your data externally (e.g. government or corporate espionage), cultural and familial archivists, internet collapse preppers, and people who do it themselves so they're sure it's done right. Everyone has their reasons for curating the data they have decided to keep (either forever or For A Damn Long Time (tm) ). Along the way we have sought out like-minded individuals to exchange strategies, war stories, and cautionary tales of failures.
No, I don't keep track of consumer NAS as I DIY everything. I can recommend that but I recognize it's not for everyone. I see that it's popular to use an Intel NUC or similar as the server hosting Plex and other apps, and leave the NAS simply for storage; that's very enticing.