Just got a Synology 4-bay NAS (their SHR hybrid raid is pretty neat) to keep a full backup of everything I've ever put in cloud storage for this exact reason.
Plus side is plugging in hard drives whisked me back to building computers as a kid.
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What synology model by chance?
I am using a synology ds418 (current model is ds420, probably releasing the DS422 soon) and it has been an absolute joy for the last four years, of all my technology devices, it requires the least care and feeding, it is the closest thing to a technolgical toaster I own. It backs up to aws glacier, but really nice having all my stuff on a 2 x 1gigabit interface here in the house.
There is a whole ecosystem of plugins and stuff, but out of the box it works fantastic.
420+ with 4 8TB IronWolf drives providing just under 24TB of usable space (with SHR-1 which is single drive failure). Way more than I'll ever need personally. Also desperately trying to pretend I didn't read the comment below about a 422+ (last 2 digits are the release year).
I turned my old desktop into a NAS drive with 3 8tb drives shucked from a discount bin at Best Buy a few years ago. Total cost (out the door) was about $400 for the drives and the time to set it all up, and it has way more storage and convenience than I think I can use in a long time.
Probably 920+!