Hey folks, over the past years I changed all my stuff step by step from big tech to open source and europe alternatives. I came from Google Workspace to iCloud with advanced protection to Proton to kSuite. (I left Proton cause of the lack of webdav, caldav, carddav)

I did this with all my stuff. From Instagram, X, Facebook, to Fediverse. And I like it.

Now I heard that Swiss is planning to add laws which are able to identify me, even as a German, and have all the rights to read my drive stuff if they want to. It’s not possible for me to trust them anymore.

So they choice is really thin out there. I could host my own NextCloud instance, and I did A LOT of times on my webspace and every time an updates comes, it brakes and I loose all my stuff. I don’t want this and I don’t want the overhead to fix this stuff or make sure, I can go back. 99% of all updates didn’t even let me login anymore. No login at all. Whatever … I thought about a NAS. Before the NAS, there is an OpenWRT router with AdGuard Home and Wireguard VPN.

So. Is this the end for my chase of a trustworthy Contact, Calender, Drive? If I buy this, I am on the most independent stuff possible? (I don’t want a big server or something like this - I just want to settle down and don’t switch companies because their country decided to get the next NSA).

And if so: Which one is good in terms of privacy? Synology? QNAP? I would buy a 2 bay NAS where one drive is the clone of the other, so I can change drives, if one is dead, without worrying at all.

Thanks for reading, excuse me for my bad english, and thanks for your ideas in advance.

  • RockLobstore@lemmy.ml
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    2 days ago

    A nas is just a crippled home server. Just run a home server and it can act as your nas, too, and not be crippled. You don’t need a rack mount solution just build a pc in your price range (I built an i3 server this year for around $200 that will blow any NAS out of the fucking water) and install the appropriate OS/Software. All it does is run plex now, but I’m thinking of stealing some of your privacy focused ideas maybe I’ll setup next cloud, too :)

  • Termight@lemmy.mlEnglish
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    2 days ago

    It’s a bit mortifying to admit, particularly given my tendencies toward data hoarding and building hardware for the long haul, but I’ve historically bypassed the whole NAS concept. My methodology has been straightforward: a motherboard with sufficient SATA ports (eight or so) and a collection of HDDs crammed into a standard desktop tower. It works, technically. But I’m now hearing a lot of chatter about NAS solutions, and I’m wondering what I’m missing. What’s the compelling reason to introduce networking into this equation when I already have direct access to all my drives? What are the practical advantages of a NAS that justify the added complexity and cost?

    • sudo@programming.dev
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      2 days ago

      I doing the same thing but someone told me about HBA cards and that’s what I’d do next time I upgrade. Way more affordable flexible and efficient then trying to find a mobo with 8 data ports.

  • foremanguy@lemmy.ml
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    2 days ago

    Personnaly I hate all the companies that are saying they are trust worthy because they are swiss, but nevermind this is not your question. Personnaly I wouldn’t recommended you at all a “prebuilt” NAS as later you will be stuck in a proprietary env that not gonna serve you well. So buy a cheap PC out of eBay and customize it to your needs

    Edit : typo

  • fyffes@feddit.org
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    2 days ago

    Maybe not what you want, but I’m running Nextcloud on a Raspberry Pi (4B to be precise). I would highly recommend that if you’re looking for a cloud-like experience with auto-uploads etc. Plus you can host all your calendars and contacts via it too. Just make sure you’re not running it from the SD card (use an external SSD), as I had some trouble with bricked SDs.

  • utopiah@lemmy.ml
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    2 days ago

    Well you could do that but honestly a NAS is “just” yet another computer with a specific form factor. So … do buy one if you want to but nothing is preventing you from grabbing whatever hardware you have around, e.g. old laptop, unused SBC like a Raspberry Pi, desktop gathering dust, put Docker or Podman on it, get going. If you want access from the outside you can use TailScale (easiest to setup), WireGuard indeed or OpenVPN.

    Yes IMHO having your own data on your own NAS where you entirely control access (e.g. LAN only, no VPN even unless you go on holiday) is the safest and most reliable.

    kSuite. (I left Proton cause of the lack of webdav, caldav, carddav)

    Interesting, I’ll check that because indeed for now the support is not non-existent yet still not good enough IMHO.

    • minternational@feddit.orgOP
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      2 days ago

      Afaik you can only use their apps on phone and import everything on desktop with their bridge. This is not enough. For example, I use WebDav to backup my encrypted Joplin notes. Not possible with Proton.