Every child in my custody will have access to a UGreen DXP6800. This NAS will have 2 NVME drive slots, and 6 hard drive carriage bays. This will be designed to make the most of the resources of the child, and give them absolute ability to expand on their creativity, and assure that their PC will always have a backup they can access to. Now, even though there are 2 NVMEs, and 6 hard drives that would be maxed out, does not mean they will have 8 drives they can access to. Instead, each data pool will be a RAID-1 configuration. This will mean that the NAS will write data to 2 drives at the same time. So two 8TB NVMEs will show up as one 8TB NVME, but when writing to that NVME, the NAS will write to both. If something was to happen to one of the NVMEs that requires replacing, then I will order a new 8TB NVME, and when it arrives, I will replace the defective NVME with the new one. The NAS will then rebuild the new NVME to have the exact copy of information on the working NVME in case a new failure was to happen. The same will apply to the hard drives. This means there will be one 8TB NVME pool, and three 32TB Hard Drive pools. All of these drives will be LAN accessible. With VPN, as long as the child has internet access, they should have access to these drives as if they were in the home LAN.
I would recommend that the 8TB drive should be used as if it was a second drive on the computer. If a child wanted to do videography, they might save the video files to the 8TB NVME, and do the work off of that drive. Considering that their computer likely has 2TB of storage, this will be a lifesaver. Once the video is fully created, they can move that video to one of the 32TB drive pools for longer term storage. The same can apply to music or photos. Another option will be to make the 8TB NVME drive as a second drive. As long as the computer has LAN access, this drive will show up. They can place all of their personal media files on this drive, and conserve their 2TB storage for more intensive things such as applications.
One 32TB hard drive must be used for backup. Every computer OS should have a backup solution to where it will use a NAS for backing up the computer without needing anything special. MacOS has Time Machine. Linux will likely have Time Shift. Windows will likely have File History. No matter the OS, and backup software – a 32TB drive must be used for back ups. Since most computers will likely have 2TB storage drives installed, a 32TB should give years worth of back up solutions without the need to worry about it being too small, even if the user used their drive a lot.
The other two 32TB pools can be used for whatever the child wishes to use it for. As mentioned above, if the child wished to go into videography, then the 32TB drive will be a life saver for long term storage of their videos. These dives will likely not need upgrading for a while, especially since 32TB is the largest drive I seen (as of 2026-April-9), and therefore should be more than sufficient for their solutions. And since they will have 2 of these drives available, they can do a lot.
When the foster child is no longer under my guardianship or care, they will no longer be able to access their drives or files stored on the system. This will work immediately since their VPN credentials will be turned off. Their drives will be formatted and made ready for the next foster child.