Building a server or get a NAS

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  1. Posts : 13,896
    Win10 Version 22H2 Pro and Home, Win11 Pro and Home
       #11

    I don't use the optional remote access part but for file storage and access have 2 x 2TB NAS drives attached via Ethernet cable to my Wireless Router. Any computer that can work through the Router whether connected Wired or Wireless/Wi-Fi can have the Public folder on the 2 drives Mapped in File Explorer and full read/write of files to the folders in it. One nice thing about the arrangement is no one computer has to be running, the drives are available if the Router is and all are connected to a UPS. I store a miscellany of files, now have a video on one playing on a Desktop. At the present time I have 4 Wired Win10 Desktops, 1 Wired Linux Desktop and 3 Wireless Notebooks attached.
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  2. Posts : 33
    Windows 10 x64
       #12

    ChrisPbass said:
    I want a device to host files so 2 or 3 people can work on them in-house and 1 person can connect remotely to work on them. I will be storing a boatload of video and pictures as well.

    I would rather not learn linux but everyone recommends and says how easy it is so I am willing to try. Again...I have almost no knowledge. People give advice like Oh just install package blah blah which makes 0 sense to me. My skill level: i can build PCs. I have a simple network at home. Install windows, usually troubleshoot problems etc...people bring me their PC to fix (you know...look it up online and then fix...) I can install hardware etc...
    Kind of what I suspected.

    I'd take a close look at an off-the-shelf NAS and make 100% sure there's nothing that will do what you want (spoiler alert: there is ). I have several Netgear NAS in my setup and they can do what you want with minimal configuration and a pretty shallow learning curve.
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  3. Posts : 135
    W10 Pro 1909 18363.476
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       #13

    daklone said:
    Kind of what I suspected.

    I'd take a close look at an off-the-shelf NAS and make 100% sure there's nothing that will do what you want (spoiler alert: there is ). I have several Netgear NAS in my setup and they can do what you want with minimal configuration and a pretty shallow learning curve.
    Show me what you think would work!
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  4. Posts : 33
    Windows 10 x64
       #14

    I'm not sure whether you are after consumer-grade or something more business-orientated, but have a look at Netgear's range of NAS. There's bound to be something the right size/grade for what you want.

    Anything running ReadyNAS OS 6.x (which all their current products do) can do what you want. Take a look at the software manual to get an idea of how easy it is to setup.
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  5. Posts : 18,424
    Windows 11 Pro
       #15

    For the remote access, I would recommend using a router that has a VPN server built-in. Almost every NAS has WebDAV, which will allow remote access over the internet, but it is a separate WWW interface. If you connect via a VPN, then the remote computer can access the NAS files just like it was connected to the local network.
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