I never appreciated what network area storage entailed until this thread. These boxes aren't just multi-bay hard drives with an Ethernet connection, they're flipping computers, with options for different OSes and unique disk formats. Even media machines.
Turtle, they may not be full blown servers, but I'm buffaloed by the technical acumen required to make these perform.
Maybe I could get one and run it full vanilla, getting accustomed to the device, but there's a lot of new knowledge to acquire, and while I know that I'm capable, I simply don't have the bandwidth for that right now.
But this is still fascinating to follow.
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