I’m in a bit of a pickle and could use your collective wisdom. My OneDrive Edu account, which was my digital haven with 5TB of space, has been abruptly downsized to a mere 100GB. This change came without warning, as I missed the memo about Microsoft scaling down storage for educational institutions.
Here’s my current setup:
- Three 3.5 inch 1TB HDDs (one’s a dedicated movie library)
- A 500GB Samsung 860 Evo SSD
- A “2.5 / 3.5 inch 2 Bay USB3.0 1 to 1 Clone Hard Drive Dock” (sans RAID, so it’s just two separate drives)
With my OneDrive now bursting at the seams with 1.3TB-1.5TB of data, I’m exploring storage alternatives that won’t break the bank. The NAS Synology DS220j or DS223j are within my financial reach, but they offer only two hard drive slots.
There’s also an old family computer gathering dust back home, powered by an i5 (6th or 8th gen) and a 300W power supply of dubious origin. It’s been out of action for a while, and I’m not even sure it’s still operational. Reviving it would mean having it shipped over, which is a 4-5 day wait.
So, dear Redditors, what’s my best move here? Should I invest in a budget NAS, attempt to resurrect the old PC, or is there another ingenious solution I haven’t considered?
Thanks in advance for your help!