Frank Heijkamp

@captain_aggravated It is a little cryptic.

@RunningInRVA Apologies, I have clearly read your comment wrongly.

@Jumuta
It is most likely end-to-end encrypted. However do we know for sure that no one else is taking a copy of the key?
@rouxdoo

@RunningInRVA
Please don’t label RAID a backup because it is not. RAID 1, 5 or 6 will give you a robust drive pool that is able to recover from a failed drive.

Backups should be done on a different medium and ideally off-site.

@Xaphanos

@PotatoesFall A good off-site data backup is definitely something to look into. Where will you place the NAS and where will the backup be stored? Let me know if you need any guidance on this topic.

@PotatoesFall Good to hear your parents are aware of the issues with ‘cloud’ services and choose to invest in a NAS. To be honest any off the shelf NAS will do. Important is to determine the storage capacity they will be needing for the next five years and add a good 50% to that number. For instance, you expect they need 2.5 TB then you should get 4 TB netto storage.

Depending on your backup strategy and how robust you want the NAS storage to be you can choose a single bay or a multi bay NAS.

@Miro_Collas With these kind of friends one won’t need any enemies. @palestine

@CatLikeLemming Seems alright at first sight. Personally I would probably double the RAM but anything you don’t (yet) have to buy is money you can save up for a future upgrade. For now the configuration feels like it will be more than capable.