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IMO you can get 90% of the utility here (owning your data) with just the NAS and rsync.

1. Don't feed the FAANG

2. Store your SoR media, notes, documents on your own NAS

3. Automate a backup of the NAS, preferably both on and off site (I use rsync from a pi + large disk + cloud blob storage)

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I second this, either get a Synology/Qnap NAS or take an old PC with a couple drives and install OpenMediaVault/Freenas/Unraid. All of these platforms have out-of-the-box solutions that mirror most cloud services. I found homelab redit to be great.

If you get the off-the shelf NAS, get one with at least 2GB of ram! Synology is particularly notorious for selling NAS with 512MB(WTF?!) of ram, and then when you try to run a few applications it grinds to a halt.

NAS fails for smartphone integration. Photos should auto upload. Calendar, todos, and contacts need to show up in the usual apps. It needs to be available from remote.

Syncthing may be used to sync remotely the relevant directories. It's multiplatform and has a Android app too (still not iOS though).

https://syncthing.net/

FolderSync is another excellent option that might mesh better with your existing setup.

I second this. I use FolderSync Pro to sync with Nextcloud. Straightforward setup and quite reliable.

How does it compare with the Syncthing companion app, which is 100% open source and ad free?

Not sure, I have not used Syncthing yet.

Smartphone integration isn't necessary for everyone (myself included), but I appreciate most people want it.

Synology NASes have various apps for syncing mobile devices, such as DS Photo for uploading photos to Photo Station, Synology Drive for more of a Dropbox approach, and MailPlus for contacts, emails, etcs.

https://www.synology.com/en-nz/dsm/feature/photo_station https://www.synology.com/en-nz/dsm/feature/drive https://www.synology.com/en-nz/dsm/feature/mailplus

Self-hosted VPN (if you're physically away from home) + directory sync app (in my case, SyncMe [at the moment; might switch to SyncThing]).

re 3 Restic is pretty good as you get your data encrypted locally, so it can be used over untrusted storage facilities.

Synology backs up beautifully to the cloud.

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