Essentially, these devices have built-in hard drives and some basic server software that can connect to your Wi-Fi or wired network and provide a NAS file server. Alternatively, you can just read our guide to buying the best NAS device.
Head to a website like Amazon and perform a search for “NAS” and you’ll find a bunch of devices marketed as a home file or media servers. If you use a cloud file service at least make sure it has effective encryption.The most obvious - though not necessarily best - way to get a NAS is just to buy a pre-made, ready-to-use NAS device.
Your personal storage requirements are not going to go away next few years. No big love but the push for the avg joe mac user is some sort of for cost on-line file hosting service. I dont represent / work for any of these people. If apple stopps supporting usbA or usbC hardware the network connect will always be there. If one device is not working i got a backup covered. All of these can access my home network and manage my files. I like a networked solution as opposed to a direct connection. This complicates the setup and reduces security. The new crop of NAS products allow the user to run applications on the box. If your time is limited & important a off the shelf soulution is fast reliable. The NAS box firmware will format the drives to the settings and usally with success. Like a Synology brand situation, the initial setup you adjust a built in web page for raid 5 and other settings. Maybe it is 3 years old at this thme, i stopped coounting the run time.Ĭlick to expand.off the shelf NAS boxes are efficient. The NAS box has a built in maintenance web server i can access. I put it in the basement where its a little cooler, less dust and less vibration. I set it up to email me if a drive goes bad. Quite frankly i have not seen my Qnap NAS box in a while. Just saying electronics these days is super reliable. It has an up time of about 5 years and I paid ~$150 for the ITX box on ebay. I bought a fan free micro ITX chassis to run the open source app pfSense. I have a very old DROBO brand 5 bay NAS that i use for a backup from the QNAP via chronoSync. I added additional RAM to the box for a moderate increase in speed. Seems there is always undefined activity from the box. I have concerns about QNap in the area of security. I bought a QNap brand 4 bay unit 2-3 years ago.
home spun NAS box will not be able to assist you rebuild if you have a RAID 5 hard drive go bad. consider a mac mini not the sharpest tool in the shed and it is expensive for what you get. You might have to just use the mac mini as a file server and not install any apps on it. Along those lines your mac mini may work too. I used an old pc running a totally clean copy of windows (no applications loaded).
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