The problem, as I’m sure you know, is that a home server is not fit for purpose for the vast majority of people. Managing that is a fun project for some, but a complete non starter for most.
Synology makes the best home NAS hardware you can get. And they are still actively supporting decades-old units with DSM security updates and aren’t stopping any time soon. They get it. And they get my money time and time again.
You can easily repurpose old drives for this. I started my server scavenging drives and using my laptop. I upgraded to some WD NAS HDD and I’m about to upgrade to a better Synology NAS.
There are options for people wanting to start hosting.
Best time for people to learn about home servers.
The problem, as I’m sure you know, is that a home server is not fit for purpose for the vast majority of people. Managing that is a fun project for some, but a complete non starter for most.
Synology makes it relatively painless with synology drive. It ain’t cheap but neither is drop box long-term
Synology makes the best home NAS hardware you can get. And they are still actively supporting decades-old units with DSM security updates and aren’t stopping any time soon. They get it. And they get my money time and time again.
Correction: They make the best home NAS Software that you can get and they support it forever (so far).
Their hardware is often dated and expensive af. But you can’t get the software without the hardware so…
Cost prohibitive for many, but yes, people need to get off someone else’s computer.
You can easily repurpose old drives for this. I started my server scavenging drives and using my laptop. I upgraded to some WD NAS HDD and I’m about to upgrade to a better Synology NAS.
There are options for people wanting to start hosting.
The idea that many people have old drives is already assuming a lot.
I used to pay for Dropbox about a decade ago, I replaced it with a raspberry pi running syncthing with an USB drive attached to it