Having a box sitting on your network and offering up terabytes of storage is a lovely thing, but it’s even lovelier when that box can kind of take care of a variety of other problems as well. Such is Digital Cowboy’s DC-MCNAS1, a case with dual 3.5-inch SATA bays into which you can slot whatever volume of storage your budget allows. Once connected to your network (over gigabit Ethernet) it can serve up MySQL instances, accept files over FTP/SSH, manage your printers, and of course handle however many torrents you can throw at it. The box ships to Japanese buckaroos next week and, while there’s no price set on this one yet, hopefully it won’t break the bank.

DC-MCNAS1 Movie Cowboy NAS will wrangle your torrents, herd your HDDs originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 23 Apr 2010 10:26:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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A computer network is mainly composed of two or more computers that are connected together in order to transmit or share data between each other and to share devices also. Here is an overview of their types and how they work.

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Each week Ross Rubin contributes Switched On, a column about consumer technology.

There are many devices that allow one to remotely access your digital content at home when you’re on the road. These include low-cost remote access appliances like the PogoPlug, midrange NAS storage devices such as Netgear’s Stora, and expensive but powerful solutions that cater to the technically inclined, such as HP’s MediaSmart products powered by Windows Home Server.

Now, however, Dane Elec — best-known for selling USB flash drives and memory cards at retailers such as Target — has jumped into the shared storage space with an offering called MyDitto. The late entrant seeks to overcome some of the setup and access complexities of other products in its class, bringing network storage beyond the early adopters. While MyDitto incorporates a number of good ideas, though, its advantages help only in a limited number of NAS usage scenarios.

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Swiched On: MyDitto NAS has some key issues originally appeared on Engadget on Sat, 10 Apr 2010 17:50:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Each week Ross Rubin contributes Switched On, a column about consumer technology.

There are many devices that allow one to remotely access your digital content at home when you’re on the road. These include low-cost remote access appliances like the PogoPlug, midrange NAS storage devices such as Netgear’s Stora, and expensive but powerful solutions that cater to the technically inclined, such as HP’s MediaSmart products powered by Windows Home Server.

Now, however, Dane Elec — best-known for selling USB flash drives and memory cards at retailers such as Target — has jumped into the shared storage space with an offering called MyDitto. The late entrant seeks to overcome some of the setup and access complexities of other products in its class, bringing network storage beyond the early adopters. While MyDitto incorporates a number of good ideas, though, its advantages help only in a limited number of NAS usage scenarios.

Continue reading Switched On: MyDitto NAS has some key issues

Switched On: MyDitto NAS has some key issues originally appeared on Engadget on Sat, 10 Apr 2010 17:50:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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