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Recent NAS systems like Asustor’s AS5402T work well with both rotating hard disks and solid–state storage.
What can replace a Time Capsule?
What should I replace my two Time Capsules with, to store all the Time Machine backups for our four different Macs?
Apple made its last Time Capsules in 2018 and even that late model is now approaching the end of its support period. At the very least both of yours should have their hard drives replaced before they fail, taking all your backups with them. There’s no direct replacement that integrates Wi–Fi with networked storage in the same way, so you’ll need to make separate provision for Wi–Fi if you don’t already.
There’s a wide range of well–suppor ted Network Attached Storage (NAS) systems if you really do need your backup storage to remain networked. Locally attached storage is invariably quicker, cheaper and simpler to use and maintain, although it does require physical connection to be made to each Mac.