Now, if you've only just started running out of space on your primary device, you might be tempted to pick up an external HDD or SSD to store the extra. That's fine to begin with, ...

You have to ask yourself why you need an external drive. If it's to transfer large files to other devices, then NAS can do it better. Upload your files and folders to the NAS, and you can then ...

This is one of the biggest reasons to consider ditching your physical storage for a NAS. Unless you've been incredibly lucky, ...

An external USB drive is likely enough ... get "enclosures", which are kind like a NAS without a NAS; just a way to pack a few hard drives in a box and attach that to a computer via a cable.) ...