LinkSys Network Attached Storage - Home NAS Devices That Are Easy To Use, Accessible and Affordable

With the affordability of computers these days, chances are every member of your household has a computer. Kids are often more computer savvy than their parents and technology is part of their natural mindset. It doesn't take long for everyone's hard drives to fill up and the external hard drive that gets shared around to get broken or lost. Why not consider something a lot easier and affordable like LinkSys network attached storage (home NAS)?A home NAS device is miles ahead accommodating storage requirements than an external drive. They have only one thing in common, they both store data outside of your PC. So gone are the days when your teenage kids have to creep into your bedroom at night to find the shared family external drive.You may have spent a few years building up a collection of music bought from iTunes, or converting those family home movies into data files on your computer. You may have scanned in those old photos for your genealogy research and you fear at any moment they could all be lost. And those ebooks you downloaded that you want to take on holiday could be gone. How much back up is enough? Multiply that by all the members of your household and if you have teenagers then that's mega amounts of files lost.  NAS is an excellent solution and a home media server is a great feature as part of your home NAS storage.Another great LinkSys network attached storage feature is it can act as a print server. If you have one printer in your home then the PC it's attached to doesn't have to be turned on anymore, it's attached to the NAS device and can be accessed from anywhere.Home NAS storage is affordable. But don't let the price fool you into thinking that NAS drives for home aren't the latest technology. What once was a business device is now offered to the home market where there's a huge demand for it. The home NAS server is generally accessed over an Ethernet connection. NAS is a central file server and can be accessed from anywhere in the world.Have you ever worried about backing up your back up device? Well your home network storage has the option to add home NAS RAID, which allows a hard drive to fail without data loss. It's not a case of if your hard drives fail with computing, it's a case of when. So with RAID (Redundant Array of Independent Disks) you can be rest assured your data is safe.One brand that is leading edge is the Linksys network attached storage device. The Linksys, now a part of Cisco, installs instantly - plugs right into your router's available Ethernet port. You can easily set it up for internet access and there doesn't have to be any dedicated computer required. Two USB 2.0 ports lets you extend your storage even more by allowing you to attach additional hard drives, or plug in flash storage devices to access your portable files.You can read more about LinkSys network attached storage and all your affordable and easy to use Home NAS solutions at Network Storage Tips.