Medrive file server: Easy to share local files

Cloud storage has proven to be quite useful, but the cost of web-based services can be a little more expensive if you need greater capacity. The Kanex medrive File Server provides a cost-effective local cloud storage system solution for your home or office. MACNN has teamed up with Kanex to present some of these handy gadgets to some readers.

With any USB storage device, you can increase the capacity of your network.

Kanex Medrive is a device that can store any USB memory as a network drive, so users can easily access data by running Mac OS x or Windows computers, or mobile devices such as the iphone and ipad. The local cloud can also provide faster access and higher security.

Kanex medrive @School

With support for WebDAV built into it, users using the Apple iwork Suite (Keynote, Pages, Numbers) will find that the device is ideal for local file sharing. Users can save Iworks files directly to the USB storage connected to Medrive, and both the Finder for OS x and the Windows Resource Manager can be used for easy lookup.

The device contains a cable and mini USB cable, the retail price on the kanexlive.com is 99 U.S. dollars, Kanex for its warranty period of one year.