If you have purchased NAS devices within the last two years, what is your primary job?

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If you have purchased NAS devices within the last two years, what is your primary job?

  • File and print server sharing

    Votes: 48 15.3%
  • Virtualization

    Votes: 10 3.2%
  • Back up and Disaster Recovery Protection

    Votes: 81 25.8%
  • Surveillance

    Votes: 9 2.9%
  • Multimedia Server and Storage

    Votes: 95 30.3%
  • High Def Video

    Votes: 26 8.3%
  • Other_____

    Votes: 45 14.3%

  • Total voters
    314
My answer is kind of a cheat. I got mine as a review unit rather than a purchase. I named it "closet" on my network, because it is where my wife can put stuff she needs me to have for some reason. I'd use it for backups, but I have two systems each with RAID-1s that back each other up.
 

comte_m

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I'll use this hard drive for my multimedia server, cuz' I downloaded too much and the old one is already full :-D