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The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/djtron99 on 2025-05-31 02:46:14.

Hi, I'm looking for an affordable setup and old gen laptop. This will be used when travelling out of town and also acts as a cheap 4th backup of my home NAS.

  1. Is it sensible to do this if I still don't have a gaming laptop but already have a gaming desktop, main and backup home NAS and 8tb offsite external drive. Outside onnection to my home NAS is not reliable and affordable.
  2. Which particular laptop and specs that's capable of hoarding 15-20tb media, files and playing light games (local install of Windows games in low-mid graphics of NBA2K, GTA V, Brawlhalla, emulation). I'm looking at ThinkPad T480 with i5 8th gen but not sure if it's gaming and hoarding capable.
  3. How do you allocate the needed storage space from SSD, m.2, USB for external drive, etc.? Only got portable 2tb ssd and 4tb hdd.
  4. What dual/single boot, OS and file system setup? Do I need file/folder/drive encryption and any security setup? THANKS!
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