
We all know working with lots of media files requires a large amount of space, but if you happen to have several computers networked together, having multiple hard drives on multiple machines makes managing those large files very difficult. The solution? Keep one central storage system and use it for all of the computers. While traditional file sharing might work, using a
network attached storage (NAS) device can save both time and resources. Typically storage is attached locally, or directly to your computer, but a NAS works like a barebone computer on your network with nothing but storage. This
guide walks you through how you can set-up your own NAS and configure it, even allowing remote access over the net if you so desire. Yes, the guide is a bit techie, but having network storage will be worth it. While the obvious route is to by a customized NAS box, if you've got an old computer laying around, add some drives, attach it to the network, and load up the software and voila! An ancient computer turned NAS device.