Anyone have a favorite NAS (for normies)? (lemmy.today)

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A family member is interested in self-hosting their photos! They asked me if there is a NAS I would recommend.

They're not very technical. They can manage their own Macbook, but not much else.

I can't recommend them my setup because I built my own computer and just run Debian and Docker.

They would definitely need a ton of hand holding. I think they can manage clicking a web UI though. Any terminal stuff will probably scare them away.

Anyone have any recommendations? Something from QNAP, Ugreen, Zima, or something else?

They're mainly interested in self-hosting photos. I was hoping to get them on Immich. I could see them doing some file hosting too. So maaaybe running Seafile would be nice. Or maybe just NFS.

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[-] dan@upvote.au 2 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Ohh... I forgot about this. If they're still doing that then I wouldn't recommend them.

For less tech-savvy users, I usually recommend some off-the-shelf hardware, so they have multiple people they can go to in case of issues with either the hardware or the standard built-in software (like the manufacturer, or other people that are also familiar with products from that manufacturer).

Synology used to be the best for that, but maybe not any more. A lot of brands have gotten into NAS hardware over the last year or two so I'm not sure what's the best now!

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