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NETGEAR will be terminating ReadyCLOUD - Lack of notice
Sounds like this is EOL: "NETGEAR will be terminating ReadyCLOUD service by April 4th, 2023. ReadyCLOUD mobile app, desktop application, and ReadyCLOUD web portal readycloud.netgear.com will all ...
I've never used that kind of solution. But you may want to post in the proper section (this is the NAS section) and see what options are available for local or VPN access of your files. But I agree that you are in a better place cost-wise to change to another company than those who have invested in a NAS.
I did want to comment that the article you reference doesn't even take into consideration that a NAS typically uses RAID, providing some protection from drive failures as well as expandability. That they consider those "overkill" is, IMHO, very short sighted. If you also have real cloud storage and you want a local way of accessing files faster, then it's certainly a good option. But to say it's a replacement for a NAS is simply not true.
Sandshark wrote:
I did want to comment that the article you reference doesn't even take into consideration that a NAS typically uses RAID, providing some protection from drive failures as well as expandability.
Dan001 Backup is also a consideration (for any technology, including NAS). USB drives (like all drives) will fail.
The speed in the article is measured with an SSD drive. FWIW, I think the USB drive market is largely driven by price and not performance. Many mechanical USB drives use SMR, which can be very slow for sustained writes.
If you are thinking about purchasing an ASUS router for this, then I suggest you also look at single bay NAS. Several companies make them (Synology, QNAP, and Buffalo at least), and cost is similar to a router. Everything would be nicely integrated (instead of cobbled together).
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