• Another_Idiot@lemmy.world
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    2 years ago

    Yes, you’re right, pedantic, but right. Thing is, we’ve been talking about having an “on-prem” NAS.

    There’s really not any need to have a go at me, I’m just trying to help some dude who doesn’t want to spend an extra 300 quid on a NAS box, setup the software and have to play with raid.

    • ObsidianBlk@lemmy.world
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      2 years ago

      As if any of that is more complicated than running your off the shelf Windows computer… at about the same cost… because, ultimately, they’re the same thing… an operating system, running one or more storage drives, plugged into a network. If that is too complex to wrap one’s mind around… well… shrugs