Why YOU Should Replace Your External Hard Drives with a NAS

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If you're still using traditional hard drives to back up your data, here are 5 reasons why you should switch to using a Network Attached Storage (NAS) instead.
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@arosado6604 Год назад

Great and nice job. Will be waiting for the dedicated review, I also have too many drives and will like to updated. Thanks for the information.

@user-kh2cm4ji7h 11 месяцев назад

Great overview. Clear and precise.

@RonaldBrown59 Год назад

This is great information, thanks for sharing.

@yebogogo64 Год назад

Thanks Suzi. Very informative😊

@iamsailingau Год назад

Great video, nice overview of why we should all use a NAS

@Benjamins_RC_Channel 2 месяца назад

cafeful with that kind of comment... people using Adobe LIghtroom are usually pretty upset when they realize that they can't store/use catalogs with a NAS. There are alos many other cloud solutions that do not run natively on a NAS. Many people don't realize that a DAS can funtion exactly the same as a NAS but without all the complications. If you are just trying to get more storage space and do not need to network you data, then NAS is NOT the way to go.

@uspmasta 6 месяцев назад

Just curious on what cloud service you use to backup so much data. I currently have carbonite but find it limited with trying to view video’s I transferred onto it.

@YTFPV 3 месяца назад

Been filming a lot more drone video and i am debating on G RAID MIROR or NAS but i also need something fast enough so i can work of it is NAS will be fast enough ?

@m.sabir21 Год назад

Is not better to use commercially available online cloud systems? I am currently using individual hard drives, i had one Hard disk of 2Tb and other similar to back it up on monthly basis. I am planning to move on commercial on-line cloud service. What is the point keeping a cow at home for milk, when we can buy milk from market? What you recommend, using the on-line cloud system rather than the private NAS system?

@CaseyFleetMedia Год назад

Great video

@stephensears7483 Год назад

My synology NAS with WD red plus drives has worked flawlessly since 2018. Remote access is sometimes a little slow with 2FA enabled, but Id rather be safe than sorry. I also trust Synology’s C2 for automatic, nightly backups, where 3TB costs about the same as a pro dropbox account. The difference is dropbox uses up my computer’s hard drive space.

@dell1032 Год назад

Great video, however I would add. Using a NAS box as your primary means of backup is risky. If the box fails or something kills both drives in the box (like a power surge), you are going to be in a bad place. I have a 2 disk Synology DS720+ and it's a great device and it's so convenient to have all of your media accessible across the network. However, if the box fails I am in deep, deep trouble. I have a 4 TB external SSD to back up the full contents of my NAS and for my most important files, like my photos, I also backup to Google drive. In my opinion, backing up your NAS and using cloud storage is probably the most robust solution to backing up. Great video, and wonderful content.

@Gemini_Connect Год назад

Great tips! In addition to my NAS, I also use a cloud backup as a safety measure as well.

@chingwa888 Год назад

This is a great point and every article I have read stresses that a NAS is a storage solution and NOT a backup solution, you still absolutely must have a backup of the files on a cloud or even another NAS held at a different location (in case your house burns down). The RAID configuration means the risk of failure is lowered, but does not mean you don't need a backup.

@forrestforce 2 месяца назад

Having your data on a NAS is no different than having it anywhere else. It's a single point of failure. Most people live their entire lives without even worrying about this. There are infinite solutions for redundancy as well

@covidcarl7480 Год назад

you'd have to create a partition for things like imaging which just makes more sense with a thumb or external

@Officialmorpheus 4 месяца назад

does that drive need to be connected 24/7? Can you also disconnect it from the socket if you don't need it temporarily to save energy?

@placesonthelist Год назад

I bought my Synology NAS in 2020. Spent a lot of my lockdown converting all of my DVD's, VHS tapes, CDs, records and photo negatives to digital format and set up Plex. I also store all of my photography by year and trip. It was a lot of work but now they are all in one place. The drives are in Raid and I just added a usb backup drive.

@Officialmorpheus 4 месяца назад

does that drive need to be connected 24/7? Can you also disconnect it from the socket if you don't need it temporarily to save energy?

@placesonthelist 4 месяца назад

@@Officialmorpheus I leave mine up 24/7. It can be powered down by following the procedure from Synology.

@francois-olivierbernardin9019 4 месяца назад

What software/tools did you use to convert DVD's to digital format?

@StuckInDa90z 2 месяца назад

DVDs are already digital. You can use DVDshrink to copy DVDs to .iso file.@@francois-olivierbernardin9019

@julianramirez7563 Год назад

But how much is one n which is better for u 12 tb or nas because right know i am paying for icloud $9.99 if u can let me know which one is better thanks

@DeKapitein Месяц назад

Power Supply backup UPS. Saves you allot of headaches when your NAS gets a power outages while you write to the disks.

@Donbros Год назад

But hdd are cheaper ngl. I am also thinking about it but price is rough. Also i would need like 8 bays minimal ngl. Also you have always have it to be turned on

@340dave Год назад

That's my plan, getting a NAS solution. Thanks for the video. Now, just gotta convince my boss (wife) to spend the big bucks!

@TruckFan542 Год назад

I would personally not use Seagate drives. They may be cheaper, but have been and still are prone to failure. I would use WD Red instead.

@LiamPhotoATL Год назад

Actually regardless of brand you want to buy Enterprise Drives. I have seen plenty of WDs fail. Their drives are crap anymore.

@TruckFan542 Год назад

@@LiamPhotoATL I’ve got some WD’s that are over 10 years old and they still work 😂

@LiamPhotoATL Год назад

@@TruckFan542 the older ones are better, new ones trash

@jcarmi1947 10 месяцев назад

I do not like either, and have had bad luck, lost lots of files, on both...WD just decided to no longer support their product... thanks a lot WD.... now I have to figure out how to get my data from it if possible.

@TruckFan542 10 месяцев назад

@@jcarmi1947 Probably a data recovery service, unless your PC/laptop just pooped out and not the actual drive

@JuanCamacho21 Год назад

Can you use it to back up your Mac, along with using it as an external hard drive?

@ChrisMitchells_FlyingCameras Год назад

I have 3 macs that backup to my Synology 1821 nas using TimeMachine. Works flawlessly.

@commentycomment3221 Год назад

I took your advice and bought an 8TB storage device. I mapped the drive in Win10 to Z:. I found the drive on my MacBook. The problem is that none of the files I copied to the storage device directly from a Windows and Mac OS before connecting it to router are visible. Also, the biggie, Windows laptop shows only 196MB space available on NAS while NAS is connected to router via USB. When I connect storage device directly to Windows device via USB it shows 7.12GB available. Storage device is formatted as exFat.

@Burghound56 6 месяцев назад

A NAS (Network Addressable Storage Device) must use an ethernet (Cat 5e) cable (not USB) to properly connect to a router and your home network. An external USB hard drive is not a NAS.

@arnoldlayne9262 3 месяца назад

where is the dedicated NAS video? i was hoping to learn more about its use and features...

@degu44 Год назад

I was going to buy a NAS and shortlisted the WD Home cloud. Then they got hacked and discontinued the service! So I looked at another service but apparently, they are cutting back their service from May or June this year so you cant access the NAS over the web. It sounds like these services are not safe or no longer reliable. I therefore put a 1TB internal drive in my PC and wrote a batch file to back up my important files at startup. So I have the original on the PC and a backup on the 1TB SSD drive. Thankfully I only have a few gig to backup. It is not accessible over the net but other services seem to be removing this feature.

@Benjamins_RC_Channel 2 месяца назад

you should consider using a DAS combined with an Enterprise level cloud. WD is not known for their security.

@hassannawaz4461 Год назад

Hello...wanted to know according to you which is the best budget camera for silent Vlogging plz suggest

@Gemini_Connect Год назад

Hmmm… I really don’t know! If you have enough light, GoPro or iPhone are my choices.

@hassannawaz4461 Год назад

@@Gemini_Connect Thank You 👍

@ArcticExploring Год назад

Still use external HD and should actually get a NAS but it costs a bit

@darrinlong8038 10 месяцев назад

i want to do this with my tplink usb router i want to access my external drives from anywhere.

@kurts3779 10 месяцев назад

I use and old PC and use True Nas

@LiamPhotoATL Год назад

Actually for better protection you want a NAS that holds several drives at once and set then up in RAID10 so if one drive fails you don’t lose anything.

@ha231 11 месяцев назад

Where did she suggest otherwise?

@LiamPhotoATL 11 месяцев назад

@@ha231 I didn't say she did, I was just sharing info on how a multi-drive RAID10 is better.

@teecee4459 4 месяца назад

Why not just make your main desktop also function as a NAS, in addition to a PC?

@trintex44 Год назад

This may be a stupid question but if you don’t know you don’t know. Can you use NAS on a gaming console?

@christopherjolly Год назад

This is a bit of a long answer but I’m sharing what I wish someone had told me months ago. What you may be after is called as DAS - Direct Attached Storage. Different manufacturers make them in a range of options from a simple multi-drive enclosure through to a RAID array. A NAS is actually it’s own little computer, but instead of running Windows they use their own operating system and you access and communicate with them over your home or business network instead of plugging in your keyboard and mouse directly like a desktop PC.

@trintex44 Год назад

@@christopherjolly oh ok I understand now thank you!🙂

@KSadikoglu Год назад

What happened to comparing mobile phone gimbals

@Gemini_Connect Год назад

Working on it! Just need to finish editing

@bobnason4147 Год назад

It doesn't matter if you use a NAS, or a DAS, it still needs to backed up. Sure, RAID reduces the risk when drives fail but what if the enclosure/ box fails? Say goodbye to ALL your files.

@Gemini_Connect Год назад

This is why I have a NAS/external hard drive backups AND a cloud backup. It’s best to have both.