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Storage on Tap

The purpose of majority of office or home networks is simply to let users share a broadband connection or a Wi-Fi connection.But now the technology enables one to do more with the router other than just sharing the internet;provide network attached storage (NAS).NAS technology allows the computers on the network to access a disk,just as you have installed an external hard disk.Using NAS users can easily back up their systems,which most of them dont do,due to the pain of the process involved.Not any more.

Until now setting up a NAS system was a pain-in-the-butt.It was meant for computer geeks or company staffs.But now simpleshare from simpletech made this into a plug and play device.

The new simpleshare system was tested on a small home network.Lets meet the players,one a Macontosh desktop and laptop connected wirelessly,second a Win XP PC connected using ethernet and finally a Linux PC connected by ethernet.The setup was an easy process.One just need to plug in the device to a spare ethernet port on the router and simply run the bundled software.Software configurations for various operating systems are provided,so you dont need to worry about that.

Another feature for simpleshare is,you can access the files stored in the disk from anywhere using the internet.Usually this is hard to achieve using a home network,but simpletech tricked it out.For this process to be done reliably you need a static internet address for the device.Simpleshare lets you create a dummy URL like myname.simpleshare.com and this URL redirects to the actual internet address from their server.

The setting up NAS using simpleshare also requires one to tweak the router so that all the incoming connections are relayed correctly to simpleshare drive.The simpleshare device also has an automatic backup software which takes automatic backups at the set interval and even you can set the whole drive or selected folder.

So its so nice isnt it,you can own this technology for yourself at the price tag of US $300 for the 250 GB version.The 500GB version costs $500.

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