04-17-2025, 10:31 AM
Hi Will,
Thanks for your message!
It sounds like you’d really benefit from moving to a NAS setup. A NAS will give you local storage with built-in redundancy, and many models can grow with your needs over time. You don’t need to use the remote access features if you don’t want to, but they’re there if you ever do.
Given your $3000 budget and need for around 80TB, you could go with an 8-bay NAS like the Synology DS1821+ or QNAP TVS-h874, paired with 14–16TB drives. That would give you a solid amount of space with some redundancy (RAID 5 or RAID 6). You could also keep using your current 4-bay enclosure to pull in older backups.
Thanks for your message!
It sounds like you’d really benefit from moving to a NAS setup. A NAS will give you local storage with built-in redundancy, and many models can grow with your needs over time. You don’t need to use the remote access features if you don’t want to, but they’re there if you ever do.
Given your $3000 budget and need for around 80TB, you could go with an 8-bay NAS like the Synology DS1821+ or QNAP TVS-h874, paired with 14–16TB drives. That would give you a solid amount of space with some redundancy (RAID 5 or RAID 6). You could also keep using your current 4-bay enclosure to pull in older backups.