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NAS (Network Attached Storage)

Support tier: B (Home Assistant supported)

What this is

A NAS gives you reliable local storage for media, camera footage, backups, and logs—especially useful when you don’t want to depend on cloud services.

Why it’s useful in a van

  • Local backups (even offline)
  • Store CCTV recordings and Trip Wrapped exports
  • Central place for media libraries

Extra hardware required

  • A NAS (or a mini-PC with storage)

Install / best next step

Common HA paths: - Use SMB/NFS shares for storage - Use Synology/QNAP integrations if you have those devices

  • Home Assistant Synology DSM: https://www.home-assistant.io/integrations/synology_dsm/
  • Home Assistant SMB share (storage): https://www.home-assistant.io/common-tasks/os/#network-storage
  • Home Assistant backups overview: https://www.home-assistant.io/common-tasks/general/#backups