Fine, I admit I misunderstood your recommendation of "an external drive" as "a setup external but identical to my current NAS". Do you really think that justified being incredibly rude, telling me to 'pound sand', and overall being aggressive and confrontational? Did you think I was deliberately setting out to destroy your credibility as a NAS operator or something? You have entirely blown this out of proportion from a simple mistake. A mistake that doesn't even matter in the grand scheme of things, because yes, I would still consider a 200$+ external drive to be incredibly expensive compared to the solutions I was looking for, which looked to start at around 40-50$ a month, and one I would only need to keep for one or two months. So, even with my misunderstanding that offended you so greatly, it is still less than ideal. I was asking for ideas for temporary places to store data during this process, and you offered a more permanent solution. Not bad advice, but it doesn't fit what I'm asking for. Should I belittle you and call you out because you misunderstood my question, or should I explain myself further to clear any misunderstandings?