14 DAY TRIAL // The ability to have an off-site backup system that’s readily available on any of your devices is really an interesting and useful option.
As we’re not the type to place personal files on public storage services such as the one offered by Google, we’re happy to see Netgear is giving us a hand.
The company is working hard at a new version of firmware that will make its NAS units do all if not more than Google’s Drive or DropBOX is able to do.
The service will allow the user to set up different devices linked with backup folders on Netgear NAS hardware.
Netgear intends to update several of its NAS units with the new firmware and we know for certain that the first two will reportedly be ReadyNAS DUO v2 and ReadyNAS NV+ v2.
The new firmware is not something entirely different than what Netgear was working with up until now.
In fact, the new firmware will expand the ReadyNAS Remote feature already available on the standalone network-attached storage units from the company.
The new feature will be called RedyDROP and it uses VPN connections complete with encryption and the necessary security to help you access you backup directory from any device located anywhere in the world.
This is a whole lot safe and quite a bit more private than having your files on a publicly available service where any interested state organization can simply ask the provider for complete access, if they don’t have it already.
At home, you don’t have to pay for the service, you have as much storage space as you desire and “they” will have to put up the effort to crack you password to look through your stuff.
Don’t imagine that it will take “them” too much time to do this, but we’re paying “them” anyway.
All privacy issues and debatable advantages aside, Netgear’s new firmware offers you much more storage space than DropBOX is offering with no monthly fee.
Moreover, if you ever want to duplicate your data, you won’t have to wait for it to be transferred from the server as you can directly access the HDDs in your own NAS and do a direct drive to drive copy.
