@nealthompson404
Regarding 7:52 to 8:02 : This means that Synology is constantly monitoring every internet-connected BeeStation. Considering this incursion, the user's data privacy with this physical box at home is no better than using a remote cloud storage service. In fact, it may be even worse, because if Synology can see through the user's router to connect to the BeeStation, does this mean Synology can also see ALL internet traffic on the user's router? Stuff to think about. If a user owns a device that requires connectivity to its manufacturer, that user does not really own the device. They say "The cloud is just somebody else's computer." That is true. The BeeStation is "somebody else's computer" (Synology's) physically in the user's home, with all of the user's data on it, with a wired connection to the user's router. Because this is being sold on the premise of data privacy, it may be the most personally invasive proprietary IoT device I've ever heard of.
@shauna5838
What luck finding this without looking!! I need, thank you 😊
@modalities
I used to have a Synology 2-bay and configured with mirroring (RAID 0) with 2 x 4TB hard drives. I didn't use cloud storage, until the day that both drives failed within an hour of each other. The drives were identical WD 4TB Red Pros that were purchased at the same time. Failure occurred after 1 year, 10 months, and 2 days old. I lost over 20 years of photos, research, music, and sentimental value files. I did try a data recovery service but at the time, they wanted over $2.5K and I couldn't afford it. Now, I use cloud storage together with a separate cloud backup (Backblaze) solution. I also download a zipped copy of the entire cloud weekly, and store on my local 4TB SSD - which also gets backed up via Backblaze. I won't ever go back to a NAS.
@dplj4428
Thanks! 3:33 sounds insecure. What if the invited person’s email gets hacked?
@leeuniverse
I mean, while I get it, it's NOT actually a "Cloud" backup.... It's an External Backup Drive with Internet access. Part of the point of "Cloud Backup" is to have "redundancy" in case anything happens to your LOCAL Systems and Backup. For example, if this drive is in your home, and your home get's Nuked in whatever way, weather, fire, etc. your Data is GONE. So, it's really NOT appropriate to call this "Cloud" Storage. It's simply a different type of External backup. The only exception is if someone "outside" of the home has access to it, THEN it's a Cloud storage for them, but NOT you, unless you're accessing someone else's same device, preferably out of town, different State, so not affected by what might occur locally.
@orsoncart802
Thanks, Scott. Yours is a top channel — such useful information. 👍
@robertcringely7348
I have run something like this for years, but mirrored to an identical drive 2000 miles away at my mother-in-law's house, which was VERY useful when our house was lost in a wildfire.
@DV-ml4fm
I would never use a cloud server. Just do your own backups and store it in a safety deposit box or other place.
@DashCamSamVids
Will be watching for the release. Thanks 🙏
@iansoper3453
Yes, agreed.
@KeithBarnett
Cloud storage has gotten a lot better. I use pCloud along with there crypto storage and I got the 2TB life plan. Personally I wouldn’t really on something sitting at home that could be damaged or stolen,not if it’s the only thing I use . At least not with just using one type of storage. I do have some more important files also on a flash drive for now in a fire safe. Someday maybe I can get an external drive for more file and on site storage. You typically want 3 backups and not really just on one. Someday we may only rely on cloud storage.
@NightWolf-x7k
This was incredibly helpful, I appreciate all the effort you put in.
@anthonym_8863
The Amazon product link seems incorrect. As is, it goes to a Page Not Found error. But then I deleted characters at the end starting with the percent character. Looks like there's an encoded space at the end of the URL. I deleted that, and the product link now takes me to a different Synology NAS product unrelated to the BeeStation.
@tnetroP
I do a similar thing but built my own solution. Using a small Dell NUC I run Nextcloud using two 6tb usb 2.5" hard drives (one primary, one for nightly backups). It's silent, low power and was very cheap. I have a domain name pointed to my home IP address so Ibcan access it wither locally or from anywhere I have an internet connection. It even shows up as a network drive in file explorer.
@lifeisagift.cherisheverymoment
There is no Cloud. It is a Computer somewhere, as you say. I do not rely on anyone for my Personal Data and Backups.
@supremepartydude
Great stuff Dude. I have a 1 TB backup device is use for data right now not any Cloud service.
@rudyk5524
Would be great if it could perform a complete backup of your iPhone and other mobile devices. As well as the ability to restore from the backups. This seems to be just a hard drive with some extra features. IE, wireless connectivity. 🤔. But seems a set in the right direction.
@UC241
For simple backups it is less costly to purchase an 8 GB or larger external Hard drive, most people who practice OS backups are probably already aware of this. Also they may use the free version of Macrium Reflect which works effectively and is very reliable.
@UC241
My guess is that if one is running Windows, that OS may do things with such storage that one could find undesirable. Maybe the server software actually provides more protection.
@harblz57