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Chalfie in reply to @ectoplasmosis

I'd highly recommend avoiding spinning drives these days, especially for such a small capacity. Glacial speeds. You can roll your own SSD-based external drive in seconds:

https://www.scan.co.uk/products/480gb-kioxia-exceria-25-ssd-sata-30-6gb-s-tlc-flash-555mb-s-read-540mb-s-write-retail

https://www.scan.co.uk/products/icy-box-ib-235-u3-icy-box-enclosure-fits-25-sata-hdd-ssd-1xusb-30-type-a-usb-powered-black

£33 all-in, can go cheaper if you look around.

Can someone explain why I might not want to use something like this for a drive plugged into my router?

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ectoplasmosis in reply to @Chalfie

I have this setup, fitted with a 2TB SSD, plugged into my Linksys Velop router. Works well for file sharing via SMB.

Far from a replacement for a proper NAS solution though…

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