Each child will get a UGreen DXP4800 GT once they come under my care. The drive will have 4 16TB?. The drives will be paired into 2 pools of 16TB in RAID-1. This will show up as 2 directories of 16TB each. One will be used for archival, and the other pool for backup. In addition, there will be 2 8TB NVMEs in a RAID-1 pool. This NVME will replace services like Dropbox. There will also be 64GB of memory to assure that there is no memory bottleneck. If the foster child was to get into video production, then this NAS? will be available to them. The only thing the foster child will need to be concerned of is where in their bedroom to place the NAS. The NAS will need an ethernet port to plug into the network, and therefore allow for connecting to the system.
When the child leaves my custody, they will be able to take their NAS with them. However, as when they are with me, they will be responsible for any upgrades, or drive replacements. This means they should make sure their allowance money saved to where they can spend the few hundred for a mechanical drive, or the more than a $1,000 for a NVME drive. The drives are as follows:
Archives
An archive drive can be a place to load files that you may not use often. If the child is into pen palling, then they might use this drive as a place to locate their letters. If the child is into audio or video production, then they might use it for their previous projects. If they are a budding architect, then this could be for their floor plans. It will be completely up to the child of what they wish to do with this drive. The archive drive doesn’t have to be a space where you can’t go back. This is the point of having your drive for yourself. Instead, they are likely to save many files to this drive, and come back to it again. Again, the choice is theirs.
Backup
I do require they have a backup drive. Most Linux distributions will have a backup software that will back up to a networked drive. MacOS has Time Machine. Windows 11, I don’t think offers a built in solution requiring the child to find a backup software that would work for them. The backups should be regularly, and since you have a 16TB storage for your backup, you should be fine no matter how large the notebook’s OS drive is.
Online Storage
This is designed to compliment the primary drive. Most notebook PCs only have one drive, and there is rarely an option for a second drive. The secondary drive will use an application that will install on the computer, and help connect to the drive as long as you have a LAN? or internet connection. This is not a backup drive. Deleting a file from the respective folder or drive on the computer will delete from the Online Storage Drive. Your backup drive should function as a backup drive.