How to Set Up a NAS Drive

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Anyone wanting to set up a storage device on your home network for music, videos, pictures, etc. should check out this how-to guide at TKArena.

NAS drives are a practical file storage solution because data is kept at a single location and is made available to all clients on the network. The clients on the network can be computers running Windows, Linux or Mac OS, or they can be devices like a printer. NAS drives are being used by large corporations and home networks alike, to store, share and make back-up copies of data.
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This guide is kind of weak in my opinion. It does go over the basics but doesn't give you any help on the software side. Many people on these forums have suggested http://www.freenas.org/ to me as a viable alternative to commercial NAS software, so I figured it would be worth mentioning again.
 
That is absolutely the worst article I have ever read.

Doesn't talk about any specific NAS, only basic commands (map network drive, c'mon), install NAS software?

I've read better articles on how to eat a cheeseburger. Take this crap off of the news page.
 
Yea, anyone wanting to setup a NAS drive will still be wanting to set one up after reading this horrible article. All the software you need to reach a networked drive is included in your OS already. What the hell is installing NAS software supposed to be?
 
Theres nothing in that guide that wouldnt be in a normal set of instructions that comes with the NAS. Also i disagree with mounting the drive as a letter, i prefer to be able to just browse it from its network folder.
 
DeathFromBelow said:
Why is this [H] news?
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Because:

1. it's hardware related
2. just because you know something, doesn't mean everyone else does (see 2 posts above yours)
3. will you all shut the fuck up about what goes on [H] or not. Jeez.
 
not the best website i have ever seen, but i know i wouldnt use vista as a network server. severe network tweaking is needed unless all of your clients are vista too.
 
Why is the article that we are talking about seriously retarded?

1. It skimps out on how to actually setup a NAS thus not being a real guide on how to setup a NAS Box.

2. We expect more quality from [H], if they want to turn into your average PC World Page full of Ads and built for the idiot computer uses, fine by me, I'll just stop coming here.

3. Your rant about our rant doesn't have merit. We are trying to point out it simply does not belong on a site whose readers have more of technical background than simply turning on a computer. We're smarter than your average bear.
 
I'm sure the [H] staff get hundereds of emails everyday linking to articles the authors/webmasters deem [H] worthy. Going beyond the first page of everyone that sounds even remotely interesting would probably take a couple hundred hours everyday. Getting an [H] posting could mean a few hundred dollars to the site in ad money they wouldn't normally receive. This particular article sounded like it would be of interest to a lot of people. Page one held a bit of promise so it got posted. So it turned out to be a less than stellar article, big deal. Shit happens but move on.
 
It only took me <1 Min to figure out the page was indeed not [H] worthy.
So if they want, they can hire me as someone who will weed out the crappy articles from the good one.
 
I'll save everyone the hassle. This is the "guide". LOL

Setting up a NAS drive on a network involves the following tasks:

1. Connect the NAS drive
2. Check IP Addresses
3. Install the NAS Software
4. Map a Network Drive
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Azhar said:
Because:

1. it's hardware related
2. just because you know something, doesn't mean everyone else does (see 2 posts above yours)
3. will you all shut the fuck up about what goes on [H] or not. Jeez.
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There's no content in this "article." It basically says what a NASbox is.

If it was "how to overclock your NASbox" or "how to fold with your NASbox" or something like that then it might be worthwhile, but I don't see anything about this "article" that makes it [H].

I think somebody goofed.
 
You guys are aware that is a three page article correct? It actually does break the steps down and explain them so that your average none tech person could set one up. Is this a usefull article for most of us here, probably not. It is usefull for people like londonandlawson who doesn't know much about networking computers together to share files, yes.


FalseGod said:
Yea, anyone wanting to setup a NAS drive will still be wanting to set one up after reading this horrible article. All the software you need to reach a networked drive is included in your OS already. What the hell is installing NAS software supposed to be?
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That would be the software that came with the NAS to configue its IP, users, drives and all that good stuff. Yes your OS will allow you to map a drive, but that won't help you configure a NAS. Although most probably also have a web interface that would get around the need for software. However for your average person having software to use that autodetects a device on network instead of making you hunt down what IP address was just handed out is a lot easier. Just how most printer servers have software that will autodetect them on your network and allow you to configure them without you needing to find their IP yourself to do it via their web interface.



This may not be the best article. However I think it is a decent article to give the basics to a person. Although as stated above, most of this info would come as the instructions with your NAS.
 
I have to post this about once a week so, for those of you that have missed this the last 416 times I've posted this:

We post:
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Sometimes we post stories so you guys can discuss them, comment on them or offer the original author some feedback. If you like the article, cool. If you hate the article, take a few seconds out of your day (maybe the same few seconds it took you to criticize them in our forums) to e-mail the author and give them constructive criticism or just point out what you see is "wrong." If you find inaccuracies in an article the best way to get them corrected is by e-mailing the AUTHOR of the article.

Posting in OUR forums how bad you think someone else's article is doesn't really do anyone any good. I am sure the author of the article would appreciate any feedback you have.
 
londonandlawson said:
Ok noob question, but what exactly is mounting and mapping a drive?
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i was about to say this article insults our intelligence...


then i remembered, there are plenty of people who read H who post questions like the above...

a diverse audience is [H]
 
I don't have a problem with [H] having a diverse group of readers. I welcome them here as much as anyone would. What I refer to as a [H] worthy article is something that would help them out getting something installed/reviewed/setup as well as give good solid information for people running Windows/Linux/Unix and Mac. Because hey, not all of us run Vista(I sure as hell won't until they have it fixed).
 
did anyone notice that there are vista / xp images mixed up in each other in the article? pg 2 and 3 you can clearly notice it.


i laughed
 
you mean where they used the Vista screen to show you where to click if you are using Vista instead of xp. Yah, I find it funny that they tell you how to set stuff up in XP and Vista both instead of just one or the other. Thats the stupidist thing ever, showing people to use use multiple OSs. Stupid author. :rolleyes:
 
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