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Originally Posted by mvisconte
I'm all for the USB drives (for the about and type of stuff I do) but I really like the NAS idea to put all bulk data in a common location that I can reach from just about anywhere... oh, and a raided file system based on compact flash (or even USB) drives. Hah... listen to me, sounding like I know something. A few UTube videos and I sound like a rocket scientist.
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NAS works very well indeed (I have a 6TB Buffalo NAS), but if you're storing seriously large amounts of data (eg video or music) then you really do need a Gigabit wired Ethernet network to take full advantage of it.
One real benefit of NAS, which I didn't know about when I bought mine, is the ability to use a NAS box as a media server to stream music, video, etc, all over the house. Make sure that your NAS box is "DLNA certified" (DLNA is the standard for media streaming) and it's all seamless.