Creating your own storage solution instead of Dropbox
Oct 15, 2019
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Has anyone tried creating their own sync/backup solution instead of using Dropbox/Google Drive?
As an engineer, I don’t see why I should pay these companies when I can make my own simple sync app and use AWS S3/Google Storage directly. muuuuuch cheaper.
Not trying to sync across devices and such. Just backing up important files.
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Right now I have a hard drive plugged into Apple Airport but my new apartment is bigger so I need to expand my WiFi range. I was thinking to just buy Google WiFi and replace the Airport but that screws up my hard drive set up. Which is why I’m looking into NAS now.
Do you know if there’s a stand alone storage unit that doesn’t need to be plugged in using Ethernet? Like truly wireless. Sure, the latency goes up but not having bunch of hardware sitting next to each other would be nice.