AIGAD
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Post by AIGAD on Feb 24, 2015 0:57:17 GMT -5
Does anyone have any experience with NAS? I'm looking to purchase one of these units to store all of my random pictures/videos/files that are scattered on flash drives, multiple computers, phones, sd cards, portable hds, etc... My wife wants to be organized when our daughter is born. We have both lost a lot of family pics and other files due to device failure/damage or accidentally deleting them.  So far, it looks like Synology has the best reviews. The product I am looking at is fairly new. It's easy to setup and acts like a dropbox. Synology BeyondCloud Mirror BC214se 2300 www.synology.com/en-us/products/BeyondCloud |
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Lamron
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Post by Lamron on Feb 24, 2015 19:20:07 GMT -5
I'm not currently using a NAS, but I did look into them before I decided my home network needs were better served by a headless computer. Make sure whatever NAS you pick will be recognized as a normal attached drive by Windows and doesn't require using their software to access, or require logging in through the browser to the local IP address. It appears the one you're looking at does allow that: www.synology.com/en-us/knowledgebase/tutorials/565 |
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Post by AIGAD on Feb 25, 2015 11:40:26 GMT -5
Make sure whatever NAS you pick will be recognized as a normal attached drive by Windows and doesn't require using their software to access, or require logging in through the browser to the local IP address. It appears the one you're looking at does allow that: www.synology.com/en-us/knowledgebase/tutorials/565Good call. Thanks for looking into it. |
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Post by RedRock on Mar 3, 2015 19:33:02 GMT -5
So this is.....what? Just putting a server disk on your network that is used for storage only? And if you don't have a network, it's just like putting another hard disk attached to your computer? What's the big deal here?
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Lamron
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Post by Lamron on Mar 4, 2015 10:09:06 GMT -5
Its a central storage system for your home network that all of your computers can connect to, making it easy to share files between devices without needing duplicate files on each. There's also advantages to putting your backups someplace not sitting right next to your computer, in case of physical damage or theft. If you don't have more than two computers, its probably easier to just use an external USB drive.
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Post by Major_A on Apr 13, 2015 8:06:05 GMT -5
If you would like to build your own that holds alot more drives check out NAS4Free. I use this and it's quite easy to use and has alot of services as well and you can install media server utilities to play movies through clients using XBMC on computers or it will play through playstations and xbox360 using DLNA/upnp Most store bought only has a few drive slots. If you have an old tower you can load it up with drives. The best advantage of store-bought is going to be is that it's already setup. www.nas4free.org/ |
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