09-26-2025, 09:12 AM
Greetings NASCompares,
I came across your channel a few months ago while trying to learn more about what a NAS is and how to backup all of my personal data, both from my laptop and android phone. I can't afford what I consider to be my ultimate NAS system right now, so I'm going to try breaking this down into several steps. I'll have to space them out based on what I can afford.
1. I'm planning to start with getting a cheap qnap device just to use as backing up my laptops data
QNAP TS-233-US 2 Bay $200
Seagate IronWolf 8TB HDD $180
2. I'm considering a raspberry pi 5 and connecting a few nvme drives for the purpose of having my data saved to two different types of storage media.
3. Build my ideal NAS that can also be my entertainment/file server.
What the difference is between simple back up of my files and a system clone? Should I do both?
How do I prevent Bitrot?
What's the best way to encrypt my data? Are there any other security concerns?
I came across your channel a few months ago while trying to learn more about what a NAS is and how to backup all of my personal data, both from my laptop and android phone. I can't afford what I consider to be my ultimate NAS system right now, so I'm going to try breaking this down into several steps. I'll have to space them out based on what I can afford.
1. I'm planning to start with getting a cheap qnap device just to use as backing up my laptops data
QNAP TS-233-US 2 Bay $200
Seagate IronWolf 8TB HDD $180
2. I'm considering a raspberry pi 5 and connecting a few nvme drives for the purpose of having my data saved to two different types of storage media.
3. Build my ideal NAS that can also be my entertainment/file server.
What the difference is between simple back up of my files and a system clone? Should I do both?
How do I prevent Bitrot?
What's the best way to encrypt my data? Are there any other security concerns?