Going NAS

I’ve been looking for a convenient way to share photos, files, and music between our computers at home and I finally stumbled upon a solution: Maxtor Shared Storage. It looks just like a normal external USB drive but connects to your network. It costs a bit more than a typical USB drive but, so far, the benefits are well worth the extra cost. I used to share out folders on my machine, but it would bog down my machine and I’d always seem to reboot at the worst time. It took a few minutes to setup folder permissions on the Maxtor but I can already see the benefits of having my own personal NAS. I believe this little device has become a mainstay on my network going forward.