[nfbcs] Accessible NAS Drive Systems

[Bryan Schulz]

hi,

yes, i had a netgear that was not easy.
go with the patriot valkryie 2x bay that connects with rj45 or the patriot 
gearbox.
come to find out the gearbox can only host one drive as the 2nd usb port is 
for a print server.

Bryan Schulz

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Peter Donahue" <pdonahue2 at satx.rr.com>
To: "NFBnet NFBCS Mailing List" <nfbcs at nfbnet.org>
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Sent: Monday, July 23, 2012 1:08 PM
Subject: [nfbcs] Accessible NAS Drive Systems


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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In caverns deep a burning snare,
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And the dark treachery brought to day.”
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