Everyone wants to talk about the flashy gear. Nobody wants to talk about the box sitting quietly in the corner that makes all of it matter. That’s the NAS, and it deserves a harder look than it gets.

Most people have a storage strategy, not a backup strategy. There’s a difference, and you will learn it at the worst possible time.

Most people treat NAS like a glorified external hard drive. I’m here to tell you that’s exactly where they go wrong, and I’ve got four of them to prove it.