Mastodawn

I'm wanting to set up a private cloud with my family for archives and backups. The boomer generation is getting old and we're wanting to have some more resilient storage for memories.

Is a raspberry pi the best option these days or are there other solutions I should consider? Compactness is a factor so it can go in flight luggage. I'll be using reclaimed magnetic HDDs from my dad's old business for now.

EDIT: Aiming for ~£50 per unit with a maximum of £100.

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Henry III

@peterdroberts This is exactly what I have done. I'm using a raspberrypi. I have used nvme storage which is much more reliable than the SSD card. It comes at a cost though. The pi, case and power supply ~£130. 1TB of storage is another £100. All in all the pi is not a cheap option these days.

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peter 3d ago

@johnhenrythe3rd I have several existing old timey hdds with 250gb-2tb. They're not great but there'll be multiple of them and part of the aim here is redundancy.