• Setting up your own cloud

    Posted on June 26, 2023 at 02:44 CDT by • Comment in the Forums

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    Ben Myers

    By Ben Myers

    I began a pilot project to see what a NAS (Network Attached Storage) computer could do to improve data backup and management here.

    We have the usual collection of flash memory sticks and USB drives — and maybe, just maybe, we are not proactive with saving important information. It makes no sense to pay an annual rental for a Windows server license. There are several Linux distributions built for the specific purpose of hosting a NAS. Each of them, once installed, provides administration through the browser of a computer connected to one’s local area network.

    Sounds easy, doesn’t it?

    Read the full story in our Plus Newsletter (20.26.0, 2023-06-26).

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