I don't trust my data on the cloud. - One, I don't want to give my money to other people to keep my data on another server. Two, I don't want my data to be on someone else's system. Three, I don't want my data to be held for ransom.

My cloud is my own NAS. With 12TB space. I even backup my save-games on it.

FreeNAS using an older PC which can negate the cost. The only cost for the setup are the drives - which I bought from Shopee at different times. Sorry, I can't remember how much I spent for the drives, now. Maybe I'll look up my history of purchase.

Actually, I do have 3 x 4TB drives with the most important data as a backup. ( 3 copies of my most important data in external drives.) I don't mind if the 4K movies and flac music are gone which are taking up the bulk in my NAS.. I don't believe in having only a single backup.

When Dropbox started limiting free users the amount of space provided, and jacked up all the subscriptions across the board, that was the last straw that made me have my own personal NAS.

This post has been edited by amgh: Dec 13 2025, 09:51 PM