N.A.S / Network Attached Server

Network attached storage (N.A.S) is something me and my family could not live with out. Back around five to six years ago me and my wife bought our first digital camera. Prior to the digital we had a camera that excepted film, despite the expense of having to buy the film and then having to pay to have it developed my wife was always taking pictures. Birthday, dinners, at the park you name it. At the time I wasn’t into taking pictures that often, if ever, unless my wife made me. then came the digital camera. We started taking pictures of everything and yes I did say we, it was digital and very much a cool gadget. So now not only was my wife hooked on pictures but so was I. It was so easy to take a shot and instantly see how it looked , then decide whether or not you wanted to keep it. Unfortunately we kept and still keep all of them….LOL . That started to present a hugh problem for us, we were running out of hard drive space on computers that that have a tendency to go belly up when you least expect it. S I set out to find a solution and there were many. I settled on a Linksys- NSLU2 which was a network storage link. It allowed us to securely store all of our import pictures, videos and document without worry.That was around seven years ago and although it still works just as well as the day I bought it I’m looking for something a little more modern. After a lot of searching I came across the D-Link DNS-321 Network Attached Storage Enclosure Its the same price I payed seven years ago and has every modern option I need like,  The availability of four different hard drive modes (Standard, JBOD, RAID 0, and RAID 1) allows you to choose the configuration best suited for your needs. Standard mode creates two separately accessible hard drives. JBOD combines both hard drives into one for maximum space efficiency. RAID 0 combines all drives in a ‘striped’ configuration, splitting data evenly across the hard disk drives to provide the highest performance, while RAID 1 causes the drives to mirror each other, providing maximum protection. If one drive fails while configured as RAID 1, the unaffected drive will continue to function as a single drive until the failed drive is replaced. It also features real-time full or incremental backups. As well as a laundry list of other things that will keep you happy and secure in the knowledge your stuff is safe. you can read more about the D-Link DNS-321 here.