What is a Network Attached Storage (NAS) Device?

Network Attached Storage devices, appliances, also known as NAS and NAS. They are intended primarily for backing up files on an external hard drive system is applied, if you can connect multiple PC files to be accessed directly from the store, instead of multiple copies of each file for each computer. This prevents the synchronization card hell. However, much more than a NAS external hard drive, where you and your family can move files such as photos, share music, documents, etc.

The flexibility on the NAS devices is not possible to increase the capacity of hard disks and to reduce the risk of losing all your important files, if not the NAS hard disk is growing. These documents are available on the market, but maybe the price, though. Self-practice to use an online backup to disc and save photos and
documents, but not to say that this is an opportunity for people and businesses to pay a bit 'more connected to RAID storage devices lost. Zł small and medium enterprises, rather than purchase expensive servers and their configurations as a file server. Some NAS devices can print servers as well, but most of them are linked directly to the printer, see before you buy.

People or businesses who need a little more than a NAS, there are some that have more features and more functionality. Some of them can join the AD domain, some are capable of streaming video devices that support DLNA, therefore, can wirelessly stream movies .devices such as PS3 and Xbox