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Network Attached Storage Solutions, Melbourne

NAS Network Attached Storage Solutions Are Ideal for Your Business’ Data Storage Needs

Having enough data storage for your business is critical to your ongoing success.

On top of that, the right storage solution protects your data from hackers and other breaches that could hamper your operations and harm your profitability.

While cloud services and external hard drives can provide a reliable source of storage, extensive data collections, especially where customer information is concerned, require a more permanent solution.

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The SouthEast IT team highly recommends Network Attached Storage solutions for nearly every business in the Melbourne Victoria area. The benefits of Network Attached Storage solutions include:

  • They are a cost-effective alternative to onsite file services.
  • You’ll have the ability to sync your NAS device with cloud solutions, like Google Drive and Microsoft Office 365 OneDrive.
  • They can be configured to backup PCs and/or servers.
  • Every NAS device comes with its own operating system, so supporting its operation is cheaper than other solutions.
  • Depending on the NAS device, you can use up to eight redundant disks with storage amounting up to 100 TB.

NAS devices are like hard drives directly integrated with a network.

Once installed, you have full control over what happens to your data and who can access it without the high cost of a dedicated server. Multiple people can also access a NAS device at one time, and backing up your files for security purposes is a quick, efficient process.

Benefits of NAS – Network Attached Storage

There are many advantages to Network Attached Storage solutions.

For a start, it’s not Windows-based. So there are minimal hardware requirements for CPU and RAM and is therefore cheaper than a server for file storage.

NAS is usually designed for high capacity data storage with redundancy, providing up to 100TB of redundant storage.

When you want more storage, you can have the storage upgraded easily.

NAS is a great storage solution for small businesses that need fast access to files from multiple computers but is cheaper than a Windows server.

The setup includes software to backup Microsoft 365 and/or Windows PC’s. The old limit is the storage not licenses.
Best of all there are no ongoing monthly license fees for the backups.

Network Attached Storage solutions are ideal for many businesses, but our team can make specific recommendations based on the size, needs, and budget of your operation. 

Network Attached Storage solutions give you peace of mind knowing your files are safe and secure. That’s makes it a great investment for your business.

Contact our expert IT team today to learn more about your options!

Network Attached Storage Solutions, Melbourne – Frequently Asked Questions

A network attached storage unit is a small, dedicated computer with it’s own operating system, built specifically for storing and serving files on a network.  

Unlike traditional hard drives that connect to a single computer, NAS units connect to your network and can be shared among many computers and devices.  

The NAS is a central repository with all your files and allows many users to access the same files, both locally and over the internet.

Using a NAS has many benefits over using an external or portable hard drive. 

NAS units have data redundancy allowing data to be mirrored or spread across multiple hard drives. If one of those hard drives dies, the NAS unit continues to operate, and you don’t lose your files. You then purchase a replacement hard drive, and the NAS will rebuild itself.  

NAS units make it easy to share files with a few people or hundreds or thousands of people across a network seamlessly.  

A NAS also can be considered your own internal ‘private’ cloud, and you don’t have to rely on any 3rd party to access your data.  

The biggest advantage of using a NAS vs. an external hard drive, is that if an external hard drive is damaged, becomes faulty or lost, you will lose all your data.  

As a NAS has between 2-4 hard drives and RAID redundancy, even if one drive in the NAS becomes faulty, you do not lose your data.  

A NAS gives you a form of insurance, as things do happen to hard drives, and they have a lifespan of 3-5 years.  

Almost everybody has experienced having a computer with a faulty hard drive, or an external hard drive that stops working, when you need it most.  

A NAS can have Raid 1 or Raid 5 data redundancy, depending on how many internal hard drives the NAS unit has.  

In a 2 Bay NAS, may have RAID 1 redundancy, where one internal hard drive acts as a backup/mirror of the first hard drive.  

In a 4 Bay NAS or larger, it may have RAID 5 redundancy, where one hard drive is used as an internal backup drive.  

In larger NAS units 8 Bays and above, you can use 2 or more hard drives for redundancy.  

A NAS can also be backed up to common cloud services such as one drive, Amazon S3, Microsoft Azure and other cloud services, as a form of insurance, in case your NAS is stolen, burns down in a fire, etc.   

If you are using your NAS for business, we highly recommend having the NAS setup to backup to the cloud. This gives you another layer of security and peace of mind, if something physical was to happen to the NAS such as flood, fire, theft, etc.  

Common cloud services that we can setup to backup a NAS include, One Drive, Dropbox, Google Drive, Back Blaze, and Amazon S3.   

Yes, we can troubleshoot your business NAS. NAS units can sometimes have operating system/software issues, hard drive errors or a general hardware faulty.  

We would need to come onsite to investigate the issue further.   

Yes, SouthEast IT can assist with this. We will need to investigate what is taking up all your hard drive space, and understand how you use your NAS.  

It’s quite common for businesses to outgrow the storage space in their NAS, so we will need to look at installing larger capacity drives and migrating your data over.  

Do not try this yourself, if you do this incorrectly or miss a step you can lose all your business data. Please contact SouthEast IT on 1300 155 285

Synology and QNAP are the two main brand of NAS units on the market. Synology NAS units are more like iPhones; in they are simpler to setup and use. QNAP Nas units can be very complex to setup and are similar to Android phones.  

We would discuss with you your current and future business needs and be able to quote you on a NAS most suited to your business needs.  

Yes, we can assist you in purchasing a new NAS. We will have to get more background information that may include: 

  • Size of the current data you want to share among staff.  
  • Any remote access required. 
  • Future business growth plans. 
  • Future data growth plans. 
  • Internet connection speeds at the address the NAS will reside.  

The way data will be used among team members.    

A NAS is ideal for businesses who want to control all their data, and not have to rely on 3 parties.  

When you use cloud storage, your data could be hacked, or you have an account issue or password problem and can be locked out of your account.  

A NAS is almost more cost effective if you have a large amount of storage. For example, If you need 20 TB of storage, it’s much faster to store it on the NAS, then upload it to cloud storage – which may take weeks to many months, depending on your internet connection. 

Storing a large amount of data on a NAS locally is much faster to access and less expensive than cloud storage.