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If you have purchased NAS devices within the last two years, what is your primary job? - Page 2

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

Total: 318 votes (3 blank votes)

  • File and print server sharing
  • 16 %
  • Virtualization
  • 4 %
  • Back up and Disaster Recovery Protection
  • 26 %
  • Surveillance
  • 4 %
  • Multimedia Server and Storage
  • 31 %
  • High Def Video
  • 9 %
  • Other_____
  • 15 %
May 22, 2014 5:19:03 PM

I voted! Good luck to all who entered.
May 22, 2014 5:20:38 PM

Voted, could really use this for a backup!
May 22, 2014 5:22:04 PM

Voted. I use mine for multimedia storage.
May 22, 2014 5:25:01 PM

Nothing like 50 GB+ of apple lossless music
May 22, 2014 5:26:00 PM

Voted! HD multimedia backup
May 22, 2014 5:30:24 PM

Just bought 2 months ago Nas Qnap ts-420 !
May 22, 2014 5:31:21 PM

Voted/commented both. Thank you!
May 22, 2014 5:31:34 PM

Voted.
May 22, 2014 5:31:41 PM

Voted! I use a NAS primarily to backup photos and videos.
May 22, 2014 5:34:55 PM

I voted. Seagate is the only drive I will use in NAS enclosures.

May 22, 2014 5:35:55 PM

Virtualization & Multimedia server & storage mainly. I need the Seagate drive for another back-up. Voted. Valid.
May 22, 2014 5:37:49 PM

voted
May 22, 2014 5:41:24 PM

Thank you, i voted on the multi media server and storage.
May 22, 2014 5:43:28 PM

Voted always keep backups and backups of your backups
a b G Storage
May 22, 2014 5:46:35 PM

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.
a b G Storage
May 22, 2014 5:54:23 PM

I have too many computers that need to access the same files, so an NAS was the best solution.
May 22, 2014 5:56:01 PM

Voted,

I'll use this hard drive for my multimedia server, cuz' I downloaded too much and the old one is already full :-D
May 22, 2014 5:56:59 PM

Voted.
May 22, 2014 5:58:28 PM

Voted. Backups are good. I should really make more backups of my backups though.
May 22, 2014 6:11:00 PM

Like most, multimedia storage
May 22, 2014 6:18:29 PM

Voted. I use my NAS devices to store my DVD and Blu-Ray movies.
May 22, 2014 6:28:31 PM

Voted! I use NAS devices for game and movies storage
May 22, 2014 6:44:09 PM

Voted. Nas storage is really useful.
May 22, 2014 6:49:19 PM

Voted n Excited
May 22, 2014 6:51:29 PM

Surveillance backups cz security concepts in our co. Cannot be taken likely at every cost
May 22, 2014 7:19:05 PM

Voted. It's a secondary backup area for us. We push backups to it and then from it to externals dropped to another site weekly
May 22, 2014 7:22:53 PM

I have never purchased a NAS but with all the media ive been backing up i think its time to get one.
May 22, 2014 7:26:03 PM

I use it for storing movies and photos.
May 22, 2014 7:29:59 PM

I voted
May 22, 2014 8:02:01 PM

Voted.
May 22, 2014 8:12:49 PM

High Def Video and VOTED :) 
May 22, 2014 8:14:30 PM

Voted.
Using NAS as a multimedia server means having the ability to view media from any point in my house, which is, needless to say, fantastic and convenient.
On another note, hope I win the Seagate Backup drive!
May 22, 2014 8:17:13 PM

voted
May 22, 2014 8:29:14 PM

Voted. thanks. good luck to all
May 22, 2014 8:30:58 PM

Voted. thanks. good luck to all
May 22, 2014 8:32:14 PM

I originally worked as an IT admin after completing my Computing Degree, then later worked for a friend as a programmer and also web designer before going self employed in the same line. (honestly would have stayed working for my friend except for getting a Bad cold and developing a high sensitivity to tobacco smoke - in a work place where all but 2 people smoke....)

The places I worked all used tape back up as a primary backup and had central servers for everything else, leaving little need to a NAS....

But I have set up a family NAS in my fathers house and use BT Synch to back up data to it for various family members.

Very Happy with this solution :) 
May 22, 2014 8:36:08 PM

Voted.
May 22, 2014 8:46:00 PM

VOTED :D 
a b G Storage
May 22, 2014 8:56:43 PM

Voted. Quite unfortunately, there is a limit to select only one option. We're using three NAS each for different purpose.
May 22, 2014 8:56:59 PM

Voted.
May 22, 2014 9:00:14 PM

Multimedia Server and Storage is my primary role for my NAS
May 22, 2014 9:08:58 PM

Basically Multimedia files nowadays they are mostly used for Entertainment and why to redownload the whole movie or some TV Episodes again when we can have them in our NAS devices
May 22, 2014 9:19:41 PM

Voted
May 22, 2014 9:35:51 PM

High def. videos for streaming..
a b G Storage
May 22, 2014 9:41:30 PM

Voted
May 22, 2014 9:42:09 PM

Voted!

I use NAS for various reasons, but the main would be multimedia and storage of my personal and work files.
May 22, 2014 10:07:12 PM

I voted.
May 22, 2014 10:08:46 PM

Definitely could use some more storage for media with Suddenlink implementing more caps =/ .
May 22, 2014 10:09:17 PM

Voted. ;) 
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