NAS server – what is it and what benefits does it provide?

NAS server – what is it and what benefits does it provide?

You certainly have files that you would like to access anytime, anywhere. Such files may include photos, videos, music, but also professional documents. There are remote options for accessing these files, popular solutions include Dropbox or Google Cloud. However, they have the significant disadvantage of numerous limitations. These primarily include limited disk space and slow file transfer speeds. However, there are solutions that offer much more possibilities and flexibility. They allow users to create their own server with their files. These dedicated solutions give constant access to servers are using an internal network at home or in the office.

One such solution is precisely NAS, the whole name is as follows: Network Attached Storage. Translated into Polish, NAS stands for Network Attached Storage device. However, it is not a device, but a server that allows you to share on the network what is in the storage. The purpose of using NAS is to create a central library of files – they are to be accessible remotely from any device that is hooked up to the Internet, and they will also be able to be shared with other users. This library of files is to be shared between, for example, employees of the same office or companies, residents of a house or apartment.

When it comes to NAS, this server is more than just an external drive. So what else is it? First of all, a complete device, which is characterized by its own operating system, memory, processor, and a network connection that allows you to use it without the help of another computer. NAS servers need to be hooked up with an Ethernet cable to your home or office network. They allow quick access to the files stored on them. Nowadays, time is money, and NAS possibly minimizes the time it takes to retrieve or save data on servers.

NAS servers-what advantages do they have?

A NAS is a dedicated device for storing and sharing data, so it has a number of advantages with which it greatly distinguishes itself from other solutions that are designed to share data over a network. Shared drives that are based on computers used in a company or home are usually much slower. It is not uncommon for them to have limited capacity, and worst of all, they require the computer on which they are created to be on all the time. Popular services like Dropbox and Google Cloud are very slow. In their basic configuration, they have a fairly small amount of storage capacity to offer, and can it be increased? Yes, you can, but the cost of increasing user-assigned capacity increases at a rapid pace.

Unlike Dropbox and Google Cloud, NAS is fast, what is the reason for this? The fact that its speed is limited only by the parameters of the link and the parameters of the device itself. SAS server is characterized by great flexibility. It allows the user to choose the capacity of the disk on his own, as well as to easily create a shared space. As for the use of these servers at home, they can serve as servers for, for example, multimedia, printing, backup systems.

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