Finally, there is something more productive than just using your spare notebook hard drive as an external storage. With the right gadget, you can convert your extra 2.5†hard drive as a Network Attached Storage. Using the new Addonics Mini NAS enclosure, easily transform any 2.5†Hard Disk Drive, Solid State Drive and even a Compact Flash with an Addonics hard disk CF adapter to a small portable NAS. This special enclosure uses a speedy 10/100Mbps Ethernet connection to easily share contents over LAN. In addition, a USB printer can also be shared over the network when plugged into the Mini NAS. The mini prefix comes from the fact that the Addonics Mini NAS is just about the size of a VHS player, now that’s portable and a major space saver too.
Performance-wise, like other NAS adapter, the Mini NAS works with both Server Message Block (SMB) and Samba network protocols. This allows a flexible inter Operating System accessibility across different popular platforms like Windows, Mac OS X, and a variety of Linux distributions. With internet connection, this Addonics device can support FTP access for up to 8 users in real-time and up to 64 parallel clients for Samba users. It can also be configured as DHCP server or client, Bit Torrent downloading machine, iTunes media server, and UPnP AV server.
Start with Addonics Mini NAS enclosure to begin sharing big for something so small. Get NAS adapter here
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