unlimted amazon cloud or Build a NAS

[Bit Cloud]

getting conflicted do i pay the yearly subscription  or build a Nas

[VictorianReaper]

1 minute ago, Rapha, said:

getting conflicted do i pay the yearly subscription  or build a Nas

it depends, how much money are you going to spen on the nas

[Bit Cloud]

800 /1000 $
"Australian $'s"

[samiscool51]

also depends on what you are going to store and how important it is

if it's things like tax and bills that have your credit card number and pi on it then a NAS for safety

if its things like family photos and simple documents that aren't personal then cloud

[VictorianReaper]

1 minute ago, Rapha, said:

800 /1000 $
"Australian $'s"

amazon cloud

[Bit Cloud]

i am more thinking that plex you can now link amazon cloud witch when you think about  it its pretty crazy

[Akolyte]

I don't like to give direct answers in these situations, because it really depends on preference, so here are some things to think about: 

 

Amazon: 

• Would be much more reliable storage, and you would be more secure because it wouldn't be at your home.  If you started a web server to access the storage like OwnCloud for example, that would expose your network more than if you just had a closed NAT Firewall. 
• Amazon would be cheaper overall, it wouldn't be a one off payment, but you wouldn't have to pay for power, and you also wouldn't have to maintain the server and fix any problems with it like you would one of your own (what if a Drive died, Ram problems?). 
• Amazon would make it easier to share files with friends and colleagues, it would also make it easier to store files from anywhere just as your school, college or your workplace. 

A Home Server: 

• Could be much more expensive not only in the short term but also in the long term if the server sucked up a lot of power (what if there was a power cut?)
• A home server would be much more private, if you are an advocate of privacy then use your own server, it's much more secure if you know what you are doing. 
• You might have to make a FTP server, a web server or a VPN server to actually get your files from another location which could be quite a pain and potentially expose your network, not to mention you might have to spend money on an SSL certificate if you wanted your own privacy and one better than what LetsEncrypt gives you.
• You want to have a secure network setup, if you don't you might make your network vulnerable. 

There are of course more points, but I think the most biggest ones (in my opinion) are here. 

[Rohime]

Plex with Amazon Drive storage will provide Plex functionality (and file store).

 

NAS will do LOTS AND LOTS AND LOTS of things.   But if you dont need these things then it is irrelevant.

[Bit Cloud]

thank you all

[Dark]

BOTH!

 

You should want to have easily accessible (fast) storage while ensuring a solid backup to secure cloud storage.

 

In my case, I backup everything to a QNAP (TVS-EC880) that resides in my home with a backup job copying everything I choose to Amazon Drive. 

 

With this I retain fast, network based storage while also being able to access my data within the cloud if I need.

You can get away with a much less powerful qnap as well (https://www.amazon.com/QNAP-TS-451-Personal-Quad-Core-Transcoding/dp/B015VNLGF8?th=1 or https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00KXP9RJC/ref=psdc_13436301_t2_B015VNLGF8)

[Jarsky]

I'll point out that if its for media, last time I tried to use Amazon cloud for 1080p "videos", they weren't to happy....

Maybe thats changed though.

[Dark]

1 hour ago, Jarsky said:

I'll point out that if its for media, last time I tried to use Amazon cloud for 1080p "videos", they weren't to happy....

Maybe thats changed though.

Can you share some more details on the experience?

 

I have my qnap syncing to Amazon Drive (LOTS of movies included) and I haven't heard anything to this today.  

[Jarsky]

17 minutes ago, Dark said:

Can you share some more details on the experience?

 

I have my qnap syncing to Amazon Drive (LOTS of movies included) and I haven't heard anything to this today.  

 

Well if its letting you sync it then they must have lifted it. You couldn't sync any videos above a certain size when they first introduced Unlimited.

[Mikensan]

Has anyone tested plex+amazon? It looks like you still need it locally, you can't just stick media files there and it grabs them. Guess it is then direct play only, no live transcoding.

https://support.plex.tv/hc/en-us/articles/201889756-Cloud-Sync-Overview

 

What is your upload/download speeds? Depending on the file, there's going to be a pretty significant lag when doing anything on amazon cloud compared to local. Also is your bandwidth metered (comcast / time warner etc..)?

 

For a backup solution I think amazon cloud or cloud storage in general is a fantastic idea. I personally wouldn't want files I actively access on the cloud, latency would drive me nuts. 

 

$1,000aus isn't too bad of a budget  - how much storage do you need?