NAS: the appliance of storage science
Investing in a new hard disk is an easy way to expand your storage, but it has its limitations. The obvious one is that only one computer gets the benefit: giving your desktop system a handy terabyte of breathing space doesn’t do anything for the overloaded SSD in your laptop. And while today’s external drives tend to be light and compact, they’re still an extra box to take up desk space or to carry around with you.
As an alternative, it’s worth considering a standalone NAS appliance, which connects to your router and
