Everything You Need to Know BEFORE Getting a NAS - A Newbie's Perspective

You just maxed out your google drive storage again, and now Google wants $100 a year? That’s more expensive than just buying a 2TB External hard drive. But if you forget it at home, now you don’t have access to that data until you get back. But why can’t you have both? Well, you can. With a NAS. And that’s what we’re going to be talking about today. Everything from what a NAS is, to what you can do with your NAS, all you need to know before buying one, and why it might just make enough sense to finally get you away from cloud storage. Check out today's sponsor UGREEN and their NAS Lineup below: Use code IH5B8AXA to get 20% off for UGREEN NAS DH4300 Plus until 9/28 UGREEN NAS on Official Store(up to 20% off) https://ugreen.pxf.io/4G01mn UGREEN NAS DH4300 Plus(20% off) https://amzn.to/48fMmT1 UGREEN NAS Series (up to 20% off) https://amzn.to/3VhOiTG Affiliate Links to Products Mentioned: Ubiquiti UNAS Pro: https://go.magik.ly/ml/32vv4/ Synology DS923+: https://go.magik.ly/ml/32vv5/ UGREEN DXP4800 Plus: https://amzn.to/4gss0bh IronWolf HDDs: https://go.magik.ly/ml/32vv7/ WD Red Pro HDDs: https://go.magik.ly/ml/32vv8/ Samsung EVO SSDs: https://amzn.to/4nDvNVR Samsung NVME SSDs: https://amzn.to/4gn8xc0 UPS: https://amzn.to/46mXP0x Timestamps: 0:00 Introduction 0:31 What and Why a NAS? 2:50 NAS Options 4:33 Sponsor: UGREEN DH4300+ 5:58 NAS Options (continued) 7:23 Important Considerations 8:42 Ethernet Port Speed Matters 10:58 Hard Drives and SSDs 12:20 Drive Arrays 16:11 What Drives to Buy? 17:55 Quick Setup Tips 18:32 NAS Apps 20:43 UPS 21:30 Backups 25:28 My Own Setup 28:23 My Recommendations (based on budget and ones I’ve used) 31:14 Conclusion #UgreenNAS #UGREEN