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What is a NAS, and why do you need one?

Here's why you need to get yourself a network attached storage server.

(Image credit: Nicholas Sutrich / Android Central)In Hardwired, AC Senior Editor Harish Jonnalagadda delves into all things hardware, including phones, storage servers, and routers. (Image credit: Harish Jonnalagadda / Android Central)If you don't want to use cloud storage providers and want an easier way to store data, a NAS is the ideal option to consider. A pre-built NAS server is basically an enclosure that has slots for hard drives, and you get anywhere from 512MB to 8GB of built-in memory based on the model, Intel or AMD hardware, and a few USB and Ethernet ports.

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