Excluding using as a Plex server or running a business, do you find having a NAS useful in your household? I'm struggling to find the practical benefits over cloud storage (e.g Google photos,drive etc.) outside cost and privacy.
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Pros
Fairly Affordable if you have existing drives
Portable
Fast
Easy to set up
Very Quiet
Free premium software and applications
Cons
Drives not included (additional storage costs)
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Under the hood of a 262TB Netflix cache server
A Reddit user has recently shed some light on what goes on inside a Netflix cache server after acquiring a decommissioned unit from his employer.
Netflix deploys Open Connect Access (OCA) cache servers at major Internet Service Providers (ISPs).