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| | | Wednesday, January 23, 2008 |  | How to Set Up a NAS Drive
By Vista Guru @ 3:50 AM :: 25600 Views :: 14 Comments ::  :: PC Hardware Guides |  | NAS is an acronym for Network Attached Storage or Network Attached Server. A NAS drive is essentially a hard disk drive with a built in network interface. As the term indicates, NAS drives are used for data storage. You can share music, photos, movies and your data with anyone on the network. A NAS drive is directly connected to a network through a router.
NAS drives are a practical file storage solution because data is kept at a single location and is made available to all clients on the network. The clients on the network can be computers running Windows, Linux or Mac OS, or they can be devices like a printer. NAS drives are being used by large corporations and home networks alike, to store, share and make back-up copies of data.
NAS drives offer the following benefits: - Store data in a centralized location
- Increase network performance
- Easily share data between different clients
- Easy to use and administer
- The computers connected to the network don’t need to be on in order to access data owned by that user
NAS drive kits can be purchased for as little as around US$100 and they are a great way to use an old hard drive that’s no longer being used in a PC. Other NAS drive units come with pre-installed hard drives. You can get a terabyte of space for around US$1200.
The exact setup procedure for installing hard drives in a NAS unit varies from product to product and you should consult the product manual for the specifics of the NAS unit you have chosen. Some NAS units support RAID arrays, other are for single drives only. This guide covers the steps involved to get your NAS playing happy on a network.
Setting up a NAS drive on a network involves the following tasks:
- Connect the NAS drive
- Check IP Addresses
- Install the NAS Software
- Map a Network Drive
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Lone @
Thursday, January 24, 2008 5:28 PM | |
This is a strange article if you ask me. It appears to do nothing more than replay the instructions that any NAS drive would include in the box? What's the big deal here |
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| BySome Dude @
Thursday, January 24, 2008 5:55 PM | |
I agree with the previous comment. This gets linked on the [H] homepage?
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NotThe1 @
Thursday, January 24, 2008 6:10 PM | |
Yeah and the fact that NAS stands for Network Attached Storage, not Server. Turning an old biege box into a Linux based Server supporting Windows clients would be worth writing up but this?
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james angell @
Thursday, January 24, 2008 6:12 PM | |
what a crap article. I suppose it could help some noob that knows nothing of networking, and sharing folders and such, but this is not [H]ard linkage worthy. |
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Rob @
Thursday, January 24, 2008 7:27 PM |
What's a non-Network Attached Server then? a doorstop?
serriously, how can you take an article serriously when they don't get the acronmys right, nevermind the fact that if you buy a NAS unit, you, at the very least, can follow the instructions in the box.
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you know me as Tater Salad @
Thursday, January 24, 2008 8:18 PM |
nobody mentioned the fact that the poster didnt post a link, or anything in regards to what kind of supposed "Kit" people are supposed to get.
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NotThe1 @
Thursday, January 24, 2008 8:36 PM | |
You mean you didn't see the handy sponsored links all over the page? Seems this article's sole reason for living is for page hits, disappointing readers and sending n00bs to the sponsored linx for this new holy grail in "Network Attached Server" technology. Never thought of attaching a Server to a Network before. They are so much fun just sitting there, not actually serving things. |
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Rob @
Friday, January 25, 2008 2:11 AM | |
@"you know me as Tater Salad " That would require reading more then the first 3 lines, which already caused my nose to bleed as it is |
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ne1 @
Friday, January 25, 2008 1:21 PM | |
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Aaron @
Friday, January 25, 2008 1:59 PM | |
Is it April Fools Day? Because this article is a joke. Network Attached "Server"? My brain checked out when I read that. There's no way I could take this seriously after reading the FIRST line of this article. Not sure why [H]ardOCP has this linked... ~shudders~ |
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you know me as Tater Salad @
Friday, January 25, 2008 3:19 PM |
You mean you didn't see the handy sponsored links all over the page?
ad block plus > ad's
long live firefox!!!
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Chris Smith @
Thursday, April 03, 2008 7:49 PM | |
NAS = Network Attached Storage. Its never been Network Attached Server as im sure one of the other posters mentioned, whats it serving if its not attached to a network. Surely learn a bit yourself before trying to educate others, although its idiots like you who create paid work for us real technicians, you break it, we fix it. Keep going buddy, vista guru, i think not. |
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fiona @
Thursday, April 03, 2008 10:47 PM | |
Type in Network Attached Server into Google and you'll find products called Network Attached Server, Network Attached Storage Server and Network Attached Storage. |
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basrichy @
Saturday, July 05, 2008 5:47 AM | |
Seems ok to me that this writer suggests other possible interpretations of the acronym. You critical blabbermouths aught to learn to recognise rem arguments and comments and less about useless criticism that is not really required when viewing an article such as this which is aimed at being a starting point for those who want to know! |
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