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break raid can help with that we've covered raid before and you can check out those videos here and here but in a nutshell raid uses multiple drives to act as fail in case one of them dies but the issue is that each raid array requires multiple drives and while that may work fine in a desktop PC many homes have more than one desktop PC so setting up raids in each of them would be prohibitively expensive and it doesn't help at all to protect the data of devices like notebooks most of which can't hold multiple drives that's where a Nas or network attached storage device comes in these handy dandy Little Boxes hold anywhere from a single hard drive to a large raid array and act as a safe Central Storage hub for all of your data and because they're attached via a network rather than a single PC they are always available and they can be accessed by multiple people at the same time they also have their own operating systems that give you the ability to do great stuff like consolidate what would be duplicated files on multiple PCS in one place perform nightly image-based backups of your PCS some even support Linux by the way manage your running water downloads access your data from anywhere using a browser or even a mobile app easily share files with others and much much more now hearing that you might say all right some of that sound kind of cool but if I just wanted to access my data on the go for example why wouldn't I just use dropbox or something well prepare yourself for some like next level thinking here because one of the coolest things about a Naas or as many vendors are branding it personal cloud is that you can scale your storage capacity on your own terms without paying extra monthly fees there no data limits other than the ones imposed by your ISP and finally there's no mega Corporation overseeing your personal stuff it's all being kept on your own server that actually belongs to you sign me up right well hold on there turbo while basic functionality can be achieved by just about anyone but my mom if the goal is truly WorryFree data safety you need to consider the following using a Nas does not necessarily mean you are doing your due diligence and backing up your data raid is just redundancy which only protects against a hard drive failure backup means two separate copies in ideally different physical locations and can protect you against viruses accidental deletion and many other things that a raid simply cannot a Naas can be used for backup but that means storing all of the data you want to keep safe on each of the individual computers that you're managing not actually the most elegant solution and one that doesn't really help you consolidate your data unless you're very very organized in an Ideal World I'd recommend getting two nases one onsite and another one doing an off-site replication of your existing Nas so all of your data is both easy to manage and safe of course it would be silly of me to suggest that you need to run out and set up the most complicated thing in the world right off the bat many Nas Solutions allow you to add hard drives and even additional Nas units so your storage can continue to grow as your needs evolve feel free to start I'm just advising you to pick something that can scale so you're able to continue repurposing Hardware rather than chucking it and replacing it when you need more so that's a Naz it's kind of like insurance for your data and like any kind of insurance it's going to be expensive upfront and you may never even end up needing some of the benefits but man if you ever do you're going to be happy you have it speaking of happy you guys because I don't have a sponsor for this episode so maybe I'll just take this opportunity to mention 54 clothing Dollar Shave Club audible shutter St St and Squarespace as much as you guys might not always be happy to hear these Integrations with the number of hours that go into producing this show we would never be able to support it on Google's payout alone and it's only with the help of amazing companies like the ones I just mentioned before that we can continue making this content so just bear that in mind next time you hear us talking about them hey thanks for watching guys like the video if you liked it dislike it if you disliked it leave a comment with your suggestions for future fast as possible as well as any comments you have on this topic of course and as always tell every one you know about Techquickie so we can smash that 200,000 subscriber barrier and keep on growing thank you for your support"}