Office file sharing mode
On weekdays in the company, the U disk is like an art knife and a signature pen, which is the most commonly used and most easily missing office supplies. All around, large documents are not so much passed on to each other, but rather thrown at each other, pulled to the U disk and thrown on other people's desks, hiding the merit and name.
And now in the case of full office, how to cloud share large files, data has become a headache for everyone, here the small partners of the charging head network have also studied, commonly used nothing more than the following kinds.
express delivery
Although everyone can't go out, the express delivery and takeaway in many places still haven't stopped, so it's better to send the hard disk directly than to send the oversized files. Of course, Guan Xige overturned the ship in the gutter of the hard disk, and the storage medium was handed over to outsiders to remember encryption.
Network disk
The urine nature of various network disks, I believe everyone knows that the capacity and speed can only let you choose one, and the data is not guaranteed to be safe, how many videos you see have become safety education films, right? The cloud disk used by onedrive for enterprises is quite expensive. And all the files are saved in the cloud, and local access not only depends on the face of the service provider, but also on its own network speed.
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The NAS is designed for individuals or teams with storage needs, and is also a type of server. It is equivalent to a computer dedicated to storing data, but in a different form than the common computer.
The more upscale NAS will use a multi-core CPU to perform operations, such as multi-platform support, file sharing, cloud albums, media centers and other functions. To put it bluntly, it is to build a private network disk, and the function can be customized, and the capacity can also be increased or decreased according to the needs of the number of hard disks.
When sharing over the intranet, the transmission speed depends on the router and device, while the external network sharing depends on the network environment of the NAS and the recipient.
What is a NAS and what can it do?
After reading the above for several ways to transfer data from home, I believe that everyone has some basic understanding of NAS.
In the face of the current epidemic environment, working from home has not only become a matter of paper, but also communication with colleagues in the company and the transfer of files to each other have become a matter that needs to be faced during the work from home.
This is the full name of NAS: Network Attached Storage, Chinese meaning network attached storage. If many proper nouns cannot be understood, it can be understood that if the file is uploaded to a network disk such as Baidu Cloud, it is not only necessary to upload the file to Baidu's server, but also to be limited by its upload or download speed.
The NAS is equivalent to putting the "server" in its own hands, transferring files to the NAS is also storing the files in their own hard disks, and the upload or download speed does not have to look at other people's faces, which is completely determined by their own network.
So what can NAS do? Back to our home work topic, the use of NAS can easily share files with colleagues in the company, the transmission speed of the NAS is completely determined by the network between colleagues, and how much the NAS can store depends entirely on how large the hard disk is installed in the NAS box.
What types of NAS are there?
NAS development to now also began to branch out, manufacturers began to launch different NAS types to provide users with more choices, the overall view is a good thing, more choices, you can choose to suit their own products The probability is large. For NAS, at present, according to the use of scenarios, it can be divided into these two types of products.
Portable NAS
Yes, NAS can also be portable, the kind that comes with it in a bag and takes it away.
Take Lexa's M2 personal cloud disk as an example, it is a portable device that belongs to the NAS.
Compare that to a 3.5-inch mechanical hard drive.
The side of the fuselage comes with a USB-C interface and a network port (this is not nonsense, who does not have a network port). I'm sorry, but it can also be used as a hard disk in addition to the functions of the NAS (this seems to be nonsense...). ）。
Put it bluntly, without networking, the Lexar M2 personal cloud disk is directly connected to the computer, it is an independent hard disk, and the computer can directly read the contents of the hard disk.
After connecting the network cable to connect the power, with the official APP of Lexar, it is a NAS cloud disk, which can be remotely accessed on the mobile phone side, transmit data to it, or download data from it, which can be operated through the APP of the mobile phone, as long as there is a network.
Doesn't it feel nice to see this? It's too convenient, but its shortcomings have not been mentioned. As mentioned just now, it is very small, so it basically eliminates the possibility of DIY, and the most direct feeling is that the storage capacity of the hard disk is dead, and it cannot be replaced in the later stage.
Searching online, such a portable NAS cloud disk needs to be set at the time of purchase, so it is still necessary to choose according to your actual situation.
Different products are positioned differently, for this portable NAS cloud disk, you can understand that it is mobile and portable in nas storage, and it can also be understood that a mobile hard disk has been added to the networking function.
Multi-bay NAS
If someone complains that the above cloud disk cannot increase the hard disk capacity by itself, then the nas cloud disk introduced below can meet the needs very well.
Yes, it is a multi-bay NAS cloud disk, not afraid of the hard disk capacity is not enough, this down, give enough imagination space, casually add. But...... This has nothing to do with the portable dime, bye bye you inside ~
The shape of the common multi-bay NAS cloud disk is long like this, note that the size portable mentioned here is relative to the portable NAS mentioned above, taking the cloud storage of GreenLink as an example, its three-dimensional parameters are about 214.5x192x112mm.
Its advantages are also mentioned, that is, you can replace the hard disk by yourself, the size of the hard disk capacity is determined by yourself, and the cloud storage of Greenlink supports 36TB of hard disk space, which should be enough for most ordinary users.
If you feel that 36TB of capacity is not enough, then you can choose five bays or more, and then plug the hard drive in.
And now a lot of NAS cloud storage APP is doing very well, and then back to the green cloud NAS here, the official development of the APP can also be directly connected to the Baidu network disk, Thunderbolt download, etc., login account can download the content of the Baidu network disk to the NAS, the linkage between different network disk storage belongs to yes.
Moreover, the NAS body of GreenLink also comes with an additional USB-C interface and a USB-A interface, which can be used to connect external storage such as U disks and mobile hard disks, which can also be directly accessed in the APP.
Multi-bay NAS can actually add a small classification, with their own computer host 24 hours power as a NAS use, its advantage is that the processor memory of this "NAS" can be upgraded by itself, diy high feasibility. The disadvantage is that the operation is very troublesome, even if everything goes well, it may take a day to complete, so it is not recommended that most users waste time thinking about it.
Here's a quick overview of how to share files with colleagues during the work from home pandemic.
brief summary
For the author more recommended NAS, NAS itself is a computer host, it has a processor, there is memory, what you need to do is to add hard disk capacity, as long as the NAS network, the information inside can rely on the network to fly to all over the world. The two NAS introduced, no matter how large the file is, as long as the hard disk capacity is large enough, in the case of a network, you can share the file with colleagues who work remotely from home, no longer have to endure the network pipe when downloading a network disk, and do not have to worry about the efficiency and security of the courier.
Which NAS is right for you
If after reading so much, you feel the need to purchase a NAS to store data and share files, then you may wish to see what kind of NAS is suitable for you from the following points.
use
In addition to simple data storage and sharing files, the powerful high-end version can achieve other functions through installation extensions.
For example, private cloud photo albums greatly simplify the collation process for photography enthusiasts.
And support offline download, is the weapon of the drama chaser, all kinds of American dramas, British dramas hanging in the background to download, remote viewing of the drama farewell to Caton, advertising flying.
The NAS used in video surveillance, supporting action prediction and analysis alarm functions, is even more popular.
These are only part of the NAS function, and the NAS support varies at different price points, so everyone first decides their own use, and decides the capacity and system.
Plate
The bay generally determines the maximum capacity and price supported, and the NAS of multiple hard disks not only has advantages in capacity, but also can be multiplied by group raids in terms of speed and security. Moreover, the price of a single large-capacity hard disk may be more expensive than that of nas, so the cost of later expansion is estimated before purchasing.
system
What system NAS uses may not be very important for ordinary users, but the simple and easy-to-understand operation interface, cross-platform software support, is the deciding factor of whether the NAS is good or not, before purchasing, you may wish to search for the reputation of the product online, as well as the maintenance of the later system, whether the update is diligent, before the explosion of some NAS has the risk of being cracked, so the products of the big factory are more insurance.
How to assemble your own NAS
If you want to assemble your own NAS, you need several prerequisites, first you need to buy a NAS storage, and then choose a hard disk according to your own needs for storage capacity, because the NAS you buy is an independent individual, it has an independent processor, independent memory, basically can be understood as the form of the desktop computer that we often contact the main computer does not have a display, so it does not have a hard disk. After both hardware is ready, connect the NAS to the network cable, download an APP, and you're done. The above is the most direct and simplest configuration method for NAS users.
If you like toss or DIY users, you can also configure it yourself, as mentioned above, the NAS can understand it as a host without a display, or it can be said that the host you are using now is a NAS. However, if you use the host to configure itself, it will be very troublesome, for some small white users or users who do not want to toss it or do not consider it, I am afraid that you will smash the chassis.
Charging head net summary
After reading, I believe that you have a general understanding of the NAS is not suitable for yourself, if the work often requires large file dumping, backup and other operations, NAS is definitely your good helper; home storage photos, movies and other personal files, can quickly release the storage space of the device, remote cloud preview is also quite convenient.
DIY's own NAS not only needs to consider the stability of the platform, but also choose a suitable NAS system, such as FreeNAS, NexentaStor, etc., and then purchase hard disks, group raids and other operations according to the needs, there are many related articles on the Internet, and I will not repeat them here.
So do you usually use NAS?