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Are your files going to be safer with Synology hard drives?

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[–] insurgentrat@hexbear.net 6 points 5 days ago (3 children)

Where buy ex corporate hardware (ideally aus, but intl shipping ok)? I only know where to find drives. Have been meaning to build a NAS but am financially restrained.

[–] spectre@hexbear.net 5 points 5 days ago

eBay or Facebook marketplace usually

[–] Strayce 4 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

I'm a little out of the loop, but a few years ago a lot of ex-corp stuff tended to get dumped on Gray's. Might be worth a look but I have no idea how enshittified it is these days.

[–] ChaosMaterialist@hexbear.net 4 points 5 days ago

I usually browse craigslist, but in larger cities there are usually companies that handle warehousing and selling of old hardware when company IT does a full office upgrade. FWIW, I use old workstation hardware because it is usually less finicky and power hungry than rack hardware.