[nfbcs] Accessible NAS Drive Systems

[Peter Donahue]

Good afternoon everyone,

    We have an external drive preparing to "Go south" on us and are in the 
market for its replacement. We could buy an external drive for a particular 
computer or choose the smarter choice to buy a NAS drive system so all of 
our files will be available to any computer we own. This makes more logical 
sense rather than having an external drive that will only service to store 
files for a particular unit.

    We're wanting to know if any of you have used NAS (Network Access 
System) drives and which ones you have found to be the most accessible to 
blind computer users. A friend of ours said that products from "Buffalo 
Technology" are the best NAS storage products you can get. We're leaning in 
this direction. These systems have software you install to configure the 
drive and to make the NAS drive available to each node of your network 
including smart phones, iPad and iPods. Otherwise the NAS drive appears as 
another drive on each device connected to the network.

    Up until now we've been using a remote cloud storage solution which for 
the most part is serving us well though it does have a few quirks we would 
love to be rid of. Creating a "Private Cloud" could be a far better solution 
as it would allow us to store our files in-house and will allow us to 
eliminate some monthly expenses. Your feedback concerning NAS devices and 
their accessibility will be very much appreciated. All the best.

Peter Donahue
  Peter Donahue

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