Does this NAS have the ability to be accessed from another network? How is the quality of the unit?
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Remote access on this thing is kinda limited. AS FAR AS IVE SEEN (It may be possible and i just haven't seen how to do it) You can only use remote access through a kind of clunky web browser based interface (where you can only download and upload files and not for instance directly access files [play a song or video without downloading it to your device first]) (and mobile app that i haven't got around to testing out) (supplied by shuttle) so if you want to remotely access files on this from finder be wary of this unit (However you can access files though finder if you're on your home network that the NAS will be plugged into). But other than the whole remote access aspect of this it has worked without too much of a hitch so far. (If you buy it update the firmware IMMEDIATELY.) I bought mine new and it had a REAAALY old/bad software version on it that hardly worked. Updating the firmware makes everything run pretty perfectly. ALSO if your the kinda person that wants the best version of what they buy please take into acknowledgement that there also KD21 and KD22 models that are apparently faster and better. Although i couldn't seem to be able to find anywhere to buy them. any other questions feel free to ask.
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As Mark may have been explaining, if your router for instance has a usb port, you can connect to that and share amongst your network. Its not a nas or air model.
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Well, I do not know as it seems pretty neatly closed, but there is always the alternative to use an external and/or network accessible drives. That's what I do over a Gigabit network. Good luck.
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No, but it connects very easily over wired ethernet and with a NAS device, you want it to be connected to your network so you get the quickest response time. You probably wouldn't want to suffer the speed penalty that comes with a wireless connection.
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I don't think so but I have never worked with NAS. I use 2 ea 4TB external hard drives. It has two USB 2.0 ports for inputs. The DOS is rather old style and clunky. I can't see anything in the menu for anything but playing files from a HD. I would buy a better device than this one if I need to replace it.
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Yes, the device can be used as a NAS (Network Attached Storage) if you connect a USB HHD, SD card, USB drive. I am not sure if it has a program to do automatic backups, but it will serve as the NAS no problem!
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Yes. It can handle many nas. The more files you have the router out its to search for them.
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I dont believe this enclosure is meant to be use as NAS. It can be configured while connoted to a computer.
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It depends. I would say if you assign the NAS a static IP, which I recommend no matter the configuration, then the NAS wouldn't be effected. If you are planning to power down the NAS and the Router you would be causing power cycles on the NAS it was not designed for, and I would think it would effect the life of the NAS. I would recommend getting the later models of these devices at this point. I have installed 4 of these devices, and I have had to replace one locations device twice. Western Digitals Support has been somewhere between poor and abysmal, and so I would even possibly suggest looking at Seagate, or Dlink for better support of the devices.
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I have 2 units In 2 locations. One is used with a WD Mycloud 6tb drive. The other with a 4tb Seagate cloud drive. I copy to them and back them up us a NAS. I stream from them using the built in DLNA server. They work great for me.
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It does, and it is faster to access, very fast actually. However I have to recommend a Synology drive over the Seagate. The completely messed up web interface, unreliability of the backup system, etc. makes it basically unusable if you want serious network tools and protections.
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It is network attached as in NAS (Network Attached Storage). However, I highly discourage buying this brand. It is riddled with problems and lacks the features of a quality NAS. Get a Synology. They are great. And they have a 2-bay model that sells for about the same price as this model but much, much better features and reliability.Look at Synology models DS214se or DS213j.
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This NAS has a version of Linux running the device and I map right to the drive with the IP Address... there is no need for software, just drag and drop even I Linux.
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It isn't a NAS box; no Ethernet, no file services that I am aware of. It's as esata or USB housing for four drives. Mine is USB connected to a synology NAS box and exposes each of the four drives inside as a separate device to the synology nas head which then makes those available on the network via smb, nfs, etc. am pretty sure this box will work when USB connected to OS X. I have used other devices with the same innards as this one with OS X successfully. This box may also concatenate drives (make four 2 tb drives look like 1 8 tab drive) but I wouldn't recommend using that feature; lose one of the four drives and all your data is lost. It isn't a NAS box; no Ethernet, no file services that I am aware of. It's as esata or USB housing for four drives. Mine is USB connected to a synology NAS box and exposes each of the four drives inside as a separate device to the synology nas head which then makes those available on the network via smb, nfs, etc. am pretty sure this box will work when USB connected to OS X. I have used other devices with the same innards as this one with OS X successfully. This box may also concatenate drives (make four 2 tb drives look like 1 8 tab drive) but I wouldn't recommend using that feature; lose... » Read More It isn't a NAS box; no Ethernet, no file services that I am aware of. It's as esata or USB housing for four drives. Mine is USB connected to a synology NAS box and exposes each of the four drives inside as a separate device to the synology nas head which then makes those available on the network via smb, nfs, etc. am pretty sure this box will work when USB connected to OS X. I have used other devices with the same innards as this one with OS X successfully. This box may also concatenate drives (make four 2 tb drives look like 1 8 tab drive) but I wouldn't recommend using that feature; lose one of the four drives and all your data is lost. « Show Less
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As far as I know it will only record to internal hard drive. There was no set up I could use to record to my computer's harddrive through the Internet. I'm not familiar with the NAS.
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yes, should both be able to see the Drobo if it is connected to your router as a NAS
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plug it into the network as you describe. have each machine install the synology assistant setup software (link came in manual) which adds access to the NAS for each individual computers. There are more direct ways to add the network to each machine without the assistant software, but you need to know how to map a network drive. You can then have them drag their files to the NAS as if they were copying files on their machine.