how to create personal cloud using external hard drive?

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i would like to take my seagate 1tb external passport (usb 3.0) and turn it a cloud?

is this possible?

i realize that google drive, one drive, office 365 offer free storage.. but my issue is with nsa/prism and just privacy in general..
 
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If you want a low performance personal cloud for your LAN only, then many routers have USB ports which can have a hard drive attached and exported. If your router doesn't have a USB3 port, then I would recommend buying a purpose built network storage unit (NAS) and using your USB3 drive for backup to the NAS.
It will depend on what other hardware you have and where you would like to be able to access this storage. If you just want access on your LAN, then you would need to setup shared folders on some computer that stays on all the time. Any device on your local network could have access. If you want access from the internet that is a more difficult problem. You have to get a dynamic DNS setup, forward ports on your router, etc. These are all possible, but not simple.

Local encryption prior to upload is definitely one mitigator to cloud storage.
 


i would like to access it via both, but lets just go with on my LAN for now to keep things as simple as they can get.


 
If you want a low performance personal cloud for your LAN only, then many routers have USB ports which can have a hard drive attached and exported. If your router doesn't have a USB3 port, then I would recommend buying a purpose built network storage unit (NAS) and using your USB3 drive for backup to the NAS.
 
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i have a Linksys160N v3 running dd-wrt currently(just flashed, irrelevant, yes. lol)

so i dont believe i can attach my external hdd to that.. what nas devices would you recommend?
 


thank you soo much, it supports ssd? (sorry new to this)

neweggs got a nice deal right now on a 3tb SATA 7200 rpm cuda for under $100
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822148844&utm_medium=Email&utm_source=IGNEFL071415&nm_mc=EMC-IGNEFL071415&cm_mmc=EMC-IGNEFL071415-_-EMC-071415-Index-_-AllDesktopHardDrives-_-22148844-S0D

but if i could do ssd i was thinkn mushkin
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820226596&utm_medium=Email&utm_source=IGNEFL071415&nm_mc=EMC-IGNEFL071415&cm_mmc=EMC-IGNEFL071415-_-EMC-071415-Index-_-InternalSSDs-_-20226596-S2A2D
 




ok, that beats a nothing i guess. what is your opinion on ssd vs sata regarding storage/backup devices like the NAS?
 


my bandwith is currently 17mbps download/1mbps upload
 


for my purposes, i dont think that will be a huge issue. i dont stream anything..
im really liking the samsung evo 850 ssd specs as well.. 😀
 


SSDs are probably overkill for a NAS. You are limited to the network speed, which is somewhere around 100MB/s. 7200 RPM disks can generally meet that. 500MB/s won't benefit you.
 

i appreciate your help kanewolf!
 


I've done this by using FileZilla FTP Server running on a PC on my network that I have attached the external hard drive. I had to add that PC to my router as the DMZ and disable the firewall for port 21, but other than that it was easy solution and only expense was external hard drive