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Picture/Video Storage for Family
Posted on 1/3/22 at 12:04 pm
Posted on 1/3/22 at 12:04 pm
I'm looking for a storage solution for pictures & videos generated by multiple devices by the family. Would like to be able to access the pictures & videos from iPhone, Galaxy S10, Galaxy Tablets, and PCs on the network.
My router (Netgear Nighthawk) has a USB slot with their "ReadyShare" configuration in the settings, but I don't know anything about it. It appears to be a simple SMB share, but I'm not sure if iOS or Galaxy devices can access that.
I have my SHTF backups of everything on a couple of USB hard drives. This would be more for everyday access.
Should I purchase a USB drive and give ReadyShare a shot? Purchase some NAS? Purchase a cloud solution?
My router (Netgear Nighthawk) has a USB slot with their "ReadyShare" configuration in the settings, but I don't know anything about it. It appears to be a simple SMB share, but I'm not sure if iOS or Galaxy devices can access that.
I have my SHTF backups of everything on a couple of USB hard drives. This would be more for everyday access.
Should I purchase a USB drive and give ReadyShare a shot? Purchase some NAS? Purchase a cloud solution?
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Posted on 1/3/22 at 12:09 pm to MurpheyJT
This sounds like a job for Microsoft One Drive TBH and not worry about dealing with hardware configuration and access.
This post was edited on 1/3/22 at 12:10 pm
Posted on 1/3/22 at 12:49 pm to MurpheyJT
We use Google One for day to day. We don't need much so I pay $20/year for 100 GB. I imagine most people paying need way more space than we do.
Posted on 1/3/22 at 1:02 pm to SG_Geaux
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This sounds like a job for Microsoft One Drive TBH and not worry about dealing with hardware configuration and access.
This! You get 5TB for each userid.
Posted on 1/3/22 at 1:12 pm to Slingscode
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This sounds like a job for Microsoft One Drive TBH and not worry about dealing with hardware configuration and access.
This! You get 5TB for each userid.
Are y'all suggesting the Microsoft 365 Family plan for $100/yr? I see 1TB per user, not 5TB. While I am not against it, I'm a cheapskate and that seems a little overkill for what I'm looking for. Am I missing something?
Posted on 1/3/22 at 1:29 pm to MurpheyJT
My bad. 1TB per user.
Posted on 1/3/22 at 2:13 pm to MurpheyJT
I’m running a Synology NAS. They have an app called Photos Mobile. It backs up all my devices, phones and tablets. Can set up public or private sharing between devices. I love it.
Posted on 1/3/22 at 2:20 pm to MurpheyJT
I have a MyCloud that automatically syncs with our devices.
Posted on 1/3/22 at 2:22 pm to Bamadiver
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I’m running a Synology NAS.
Same here and this was one of my main reasons for going with the size i chose. This was also my answer after google started counting photo storage against google drive storage.
Posted on 1/3/22 at 5:05 pm to MamouTiger65
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I have a MyCloud that automatically syncs with our devices.
How does this work? I was tempted to get a 5gb MyCloud drive and attach it to my nVidia Shield tv as it already runs plex.
Tempted to pull everything from Google Photos/Apple Photos and throw it on that and stop paying for both of them (albeit like 4$ a month).
Posted on 1/5/22 at 6:16 am to MurpheyJT
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Are y'all suggesting the Microsoft 365 Family plan for $100/yr? I see 1TB per user, not 5TB. While I am not against it, I'm a cheapskate and that seems a little overkill for what I'm looking for. Am I missing something?
I’m fairly cheap too, but I love OneDrive and thinks it’s a great value, especially if your family needs Office 365 (which comes with the plan). You have the added benefit of your phone pictures/video uploading to it and being able to access pictures and documents from anywhere.
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