Seagate Built Home cloud storage

PCs, handheld computers, mobile phones, smart flat-panel TVs, modern home information tools have turned people into data animals, if the previous hard drive only need to save some documents, a few songs, a few movies is enough, then now these storage requirements have been turned over how many times.

What is the most reasonable way to store data for now and even future families?

Generally speaking, many people think of cloud storage first. In the big data age, cloud storage is a trend. Many websites have launched a cloud storage business for individual users, which shows that everyone is optimistic about this prospect. But is it a panacea that applies to all of the users? In this regard, the author has a slight reservation, the root cause without him, mainly to consider privacy issues.

Data security is a big problem, we are not saying that cloud storage is not safe, I believe that under the guarantee of multiple technical means, for ordinary users of the storage security is guaranteed. The problem is that a lot of people don't want to store all their data in the cloud, and here we don't talk about moral issues, just personal privacy. Some photos or videos involving privacy, people prefer to exist in their own computer, is not it? Edison Chen's Cup, near the Apple icloud data leaks, so the cautious still need to be cautious.

From a private standpoint, home Nas is a good choice. Perhaps this device will not be as popular as PCs in the future, but it should be a big market for users who value privacy and have large data storage. Specifically, home NAS can achieve file sharing, data backup, network printing and many other functions, in mobile phones, tablets play an important role in today, the characteristics of their shared files is particularly important. NAS networked memory products for home and individual users currently have upnp-av functions (or streaming media capabilities) that can be found in the network by devices such as Windows MCE Systems, Xbox360, and PS3, and can play multimedia files stored in NAS without additional action. This feature enables NAS to become a media server for use by various clients on the network. Think of it as a pleasant thing to do when you can upload a photo of your phone to a NAS hard drive or lie in your bedroom bed with a tablet computer. In addition, the NAS system can open the FTP feature, which means that if you work in a company, you can easily invoke files stored at home.

Another important feature of home NAS is data backup and disaster recovery. Most NAS has a variety of backup capabilities, including local backup (the data on the computer is backed up over the LAN to the NAS), offsite backups (the data from the remote computer is backed up to the NAS in the Network), and NAS backups (replicating data between NAS and NAS), among other things. Some NAS also has a key backup feature that plugs USB storage devices, such as flash disks and external hard disks, into specific USB ports on the NAS, and then presses the backup button to back up files on the USB storage device to NAS. In addition, NAS with two hard disk bits can build RAID 0 and RAID 1 systems, where RAID 0 systems have better disk performance and RAID 1 systems have better security. NAS with 4 hard drive bits can build a more advanced RAID 5 system that improves disk performance while ensuring data security.

It needs to be emphasized that home NAS has a high demand for hard drives. In the past many home Nas is the user DIY assembly, often not enough attention to hard disk, most will choose a desktop hard disk as a storage device. In fact, NAS storage requirements are completely different from desktops, with special requirements for both intelligence and stability and power consumption. For example, with Seagate NAS dedicated hard disk, this hard disk has the unique nasworks™ technology of Seagate to ensure the perfect performance of the hard disk in use.

For example, in the networked storage error recovery control, the average hard disk recovery data takes more than 7 seconds, RAID is considered the hard drive out of the array, then start a time-consuming overall reconstruction task. And Nasworks makes the hard drive smarter, it stops 7 seconds to recover data and notifies raid, it needs to help build specific data, and in a multiple-drive integration environment, the hard drive's vibration is magnified and performance is degraded. The Nasworks will balance the hard drive motor with a double plane, reducing the hard drive vibration and ensuring that the 1 to 5 disk-bit environment works. Finally, Nasworks can be a good time for power management. Ordinary desktop hard disks are only suitable for 8x5 running mode and are not available 24x7. The Seagate NAS dedicated hard drive leverages Nasworks to help drive into the proper Hibernate or Standby mode through 24x7 operating mode and Advanced Power management mode, which saves power, shortens data access time, and improves reliability and performance overall.

So, if you want to build a private cloud system for your home, then don't be greedy for petty gain, or choose a few NAS dedicated hard disk, it will make you worry a lot.