can someone explain what a NAS is and what it stands for :)

[R click]

as title says  any explanation is much appreciated

[3 Lions]

Read this: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Network-attached_storage

[jevjev]

10 minutes ago, R click said:

as title says  any explanation is much appreciated

nas stands for "network attached storage"

 

basically its like a computer just for storage and anyone on the wifi network can use that to store files at there own accord like linus's server room

[R click]

Just now, jevjev said:

nas stands for "network attached storage"

 

bassicly its like a computer just for storage and anyone on the wifi network can use that to store files at there own accord like linus's server room

thanks fam! simple words are always appreciated

[jevjev]

Just now, R click said:

thanks fam! simple words are always appreciated

no problem 

[steffeeh]

To give some more insight on what you can do with one, I have one myself that my entire family uses for backups. Just like jevjev pointed out, a NAS can be accessed from anywhere in the network, whereas an external HDD can only be accessed by the computer it's plugged into (although you can probably connect external HDDs to some routers, but that's less common and you still have the advantage that a NAS is after all a server computer, so it has more features).

So all PCs in our home can access the NAS, and have a backup software installed that backups the entire PC onto the NAS following a schedule, meaning none of us has to lift a finger until something goes wrong on a PC.

[R click]

Just now, steffeeh said:

To give some more insight on what you can do with one, I have one myself that my entire family uses for backups. Just like jevjev pointed out, a NAS can be accessed from anywhere in the network, whereas an external HDD can only be accessed by the computer it's plugged into (although you can probably connect external HDDs to some routers, but that's less common and you still have the advantage that a NAS is after all a server computer, so it has more features).

So all PCs in our home can access the NAS, and have a backup software installed that backups the entire PC onto the NAS following a schedule, meaning none of us has to lift a finger until something goes wrong on a PC.

that is very cool! does it have a user interface? or is it just like any other physical device u plug it in and you can see it on ur network?

[steffeeh]

On 2018-07-26 at 9:16 PM, R click said:

that is very cool! does it have a user interface? or is it just like any other physical device u plug it in and you can see it on ur network?

It's a full OS with an interface that you log into via the web browser.

[R click]

9 hours ago, steffeeh said:

It's a full OS with an interface that you log into via the web browser.

thanks a lot for the explanation brother