--- title: Leaving the cloud for a NAS taught me I still need it,... description: A personal account of moving family data off Google Drive and OneDrive onto a self-hosted NAS, and discovering that cloud backup is still necessary as a... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/leaving-the-cloud-for-a-nas-taught-me-i-still-need-it-just-not-the-way-i-thought-hqpkx2prl twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Leaving the cloud for a NAS taught me I still need it, just not the way I thought | daily.dev og:description: A personal account of moving family data off Google Drive and OneDrive onto a self-hosted NAS, and discovering that cloud backup is still necessary as a... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/leaving-the-cloud-for-a-nas-taught-me-i-still-need-it-just-not-the-way-i-thought-hqpkx2prl og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/HQpkX2prl.png og:image:alt: Leaving the cloud for a NAS taught me I still need it, just not the way I thought og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Leaving the cloud for a NAS taught me I still need it, just not the way I thought **[XDA Developers](https://daily.dev/sources/xda-developers)** · 3 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary A personal account of moving family data off Google Drive and OneDrive onto a self-hosted NAS, and discovering that cloud backup is still necessary as a safeguard against NAS hardware failure. Combined cloud spending dropped from about $9/month to roughly $1.5/month by switching to Backblaze's usage-based pricing instead of consumer plans, while self-hosted tools like Nextcloud, Immich, Jellyfin, Glance, and Home Assistant added privacy and control benefits beyond storage. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Questions this post answers ### Why do I still need cloud storage if I already have a NAS with redundancy? A NAS with built-in redundancy is still a single piece of hardware that can suffer a catastrophic failure, destroying all your data at once just like a personal PC would. Cloud storage remains necessary as an offsite backup to guarantee important data can be recovered even if the NAS itself fails entirely. _daily.dev surfaces self-hosting and backup strategy discussions for developers building resilient personal infrastructure._ ### What is a cheap cloud backup option to pair with a self-hosted NAS instead of Google Drive or OneDrive? Backblaze works well as a NAS backup target because it scales cost directly to storage used rather than charging a flat tier price. One household's combined cloud costs dropped from about $9 a month (split between a $7 OneDrive plan and a $2 Google Drive plan) to roughly $1.5 a month after switching to Backblaze alongside a NAS. _Compare backup pricing models on daily.dev before locking into a cloud plan for your NAS setup._ ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [I ditched cloud storage for a NAS and saved hundreds in the process](https://daily.dev/posts/i-ditched-cloud-storage-for-a-nas-and-saved-hundreds-in-the-process-nedc77tbk) · XDA Developers · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [I ditched Google One for a 2-bay NAS, and my storage costs dropped by 90%](https://daily.dev/posts/i-ditched-google-one-for-a-2-bay-nas-and-my-storage-costs-dropped-by-90--jxwr4svvo) · XDA Developers · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [7 things I stopped paying for after getting a NAS](https://daily.dev/posts/7-things-i-stopped-paying-for-after-getting-a-nas-ryuiis7es) · XDA Developers · 1 upvotes · 0 comments - [Mass quitting Apple](https://daily.dev/posts/mass-quitting-apple-p1aksq4g7) · Lobsters · 2 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#self-hosting](https://daily.dev/tags/self-hosting) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/leaving-the-cloud-for-a-nas-taught-me-i-still-need-it-just-not-the-way-i-thought-hqpkx2prl) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"Leaving the cloud for a NAS taught me I still need it, just not the way I thought","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/leaving-the-cloud-for-a-nas-taught-me-i-still-need-it-just-not-the-way-i-thought-hqpkx2prl","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/leaving-the-cloud-for-a-nas-taught-me-i-still-need-it-just-not-the-way-i-thought-hqpkx2prl"},"datePublished":"2026-08-20T11:35:32.023Z","dateModified":"2026-08-20T11:35:56.690Z","description":"A personal account of moving family data off Google Drive and OneDrive onto a self-hosted NAS, and discovering that cloud backup is still necessary as a...","image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/231d3a372d8e59a14de02413ac663717?_a=AQAEuop","thumbnailUrl":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/231d3a372d8e59a14de02413ac663717?_a=AQAEuop","isAccessibleForFree":true,"articleSection":"XDA Developers","inLanguage":"en","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180}},"author":{"@type":"Organization","name":"XDA Developers","logo":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/s--kCg6yyAP--/f_auto,q_auto/v1774964407/logos/xda-developers?_a=BAMAMiWQ0","url":"https://daily.dev/sources/xda-developers"},"commentCount":0,"discussionUrl":"https://daily.dev/posts/leaving-the-cloud-for-a-nas-taught-me-i-still-need-it-just-not-the-way-i-thought-hqpkx2prl","interactionStatistic":[{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":0},{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"CommentAction"},"userInteractionCount":0}],"keywords":"self-hosting","timeRequired":"PT3M"} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https://daily.dev"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"XDA Developers","item":"https://daily.dev/sources/xda-developers"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Leaving the cloud for a NAS taught me I still need it, just not the way I thought"}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"FAQPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/leaving-the-cloud-for-a-nas-taught-me-i-still-need-it-just-not-the-way-i-thought-hqpkx2prl#faq","mainEntity":[{"@type":"Question","name":"Why do I still need cloud storage if I already have a NAS with redundancy?","acceptedAnswer":{"@type":"Answer","text":"A NAS with built-in redundancy is still a single piece of hardware that can suffer a catastrophic failure, destroying all your data at once just like a personal PC would. 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