
In this review, I provide the reasons for why the Netgear ReadyNAS had become my favorite NAS, and share comprehensive tips on making the most of it. Two of my favorite uses of a NAS are to (1) provide data protection and (2) to stream my movie, TV, and personal video collection in the style of Netflix via the free Plex Media Server application. The Netgear ReadyNAS series had reliably safeguarded my data and also had been hosting the Plex Media Server: a free software that presents your movie, TV, music, and personal video collection in a beautiful, Netflix-like interface. Losing important data - documents and treasured photos - can be a frustrating, sad, and time-consuming ordeal! I had encountered multiple losses over the past, two decades, and that experience prompted me to look into Network Attached Storage (NAS) devices to provide data protection and disaster recovery.
