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Campbell Skene
By Campbell Skene
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Hello,

What is the best and cheapest NAS which has to be cloud accessible and around 2 TB.

 

Thanks.

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Just now, Campbell Skene said:

 

You don't need a NAS for only 2TB of storage.

There are Wifi capable hard drive enclosures avalible

 

but what do you need it for exactly?

I edit my posts a lot, Twitter is @LordStreetguru just don't ask PC questions there mostly...
 

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What is your budget/country for your new PC?

 

what monitor resolution/refresh rate?

 

What games or other software do you need to run?

 

 

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11 minutes ago, Campbell Skene said:

Oh ok, I need it just for some basic file transferring over network.

You can just make any hard drive connected to your PC accessible over your network.

Probably grab a 2Tb Barracuda drive

https://www.cnet.com/how-to/share-an-external-hard-drive-over-a-wi-fi-network/

I edit my posts a lot, Twitter is @LordStreetguru just don't ask PC questions there mostly...
 

Spoiler

 

What is your budget/country for your new PC?

 

what monitor resolution/refresh rate?

 

What games or other software do you need to run?

 

 

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11 minutes ago, Campbell Skene said:

Oh ok, I need it just for some basic file transferring over network.

Okay maybe not, unless your router has a USB port. Seems like it should have been that simple.

I edit my posts a lot, Twitter is @LordStreetguru just don't ask PC questions there mostly...
 

Spoiler

 

What is your budget/country for your new PC?

 

what monitor resolution/refresh rate?

 

What games or other software do you need to run?

 

 

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26 minutes ago, Streetguru said:

Okay maybe not, unless your router has a USB port. Seems like it should have been that simple.

my router has a usb port but will it be able to be accessible over cloud from another network?

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16 minutes ago, UrbanFreestyle said:

either router via USB or Raspberry Pi and openmediavault.

I really want to get a Raspberry Pi so I would like to try that one out but I dont know if it would be too complex to setup.

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2 minutes ago, Campbell Skene said:

my router has a usb port but will it be able to be accessible over cloud from another network?

Then just follow that guide your router should be able to just make that hard drive or flash drive accessible to the whole network.

I edit my posts a lot, Twitter is @LordStreetguru just don't ask PC questions there mostly...
 

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What is your budget/country for your new PC?

 

what monitor resolution/refresh rate?

 

What games or other software do you need to run?

 

 

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Or go with a Freenas installation on a spare junk pc?

or Owncloud is another good option for the pi as that runs through configuration for accessing via cloud

 

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1 hour ago, Campbell Skene said:

ok yeah ill try that too, thanks

also how did you get started with pi?

I started with my pi running pihole and open vpn now running 2 with the other running home assistant as a test unit before pushing it forward to my live server

My daily driver: The Wrath of Red: OS Windows 10 home edition / CPU Ryzen TR4 1950x 3.85GHz / Cooler Master MasterAir MA621P Twin-Tower RGB CPU Air Cooler / PSU Thermaltake Toughpower 750watt / ASRock x399 Taichi / Gskill Flare X 32GB DDR4 3200Mhz / HP 10GB Single Port Mellanox Connectx-2 PCI-E 10GBe NIC / Samsung 512GB 970 pro M.2 / ASUS GeForce GTX 1080 STRIX 8GB / Acer - H236HLbid 23.0" 1920x1080 60Hz Monitor x3

 

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