
But because regular drives performed poorly on NAS devices, hard drives built and designed for NAS systems were introduced.

However, for optimal performance, durability and prolonged usage, it is best practice to use hard drives specifically optimized for your NAS system.īefore the advent of these NAS-optimized hard drives, traditional mechanical drives used on regular desktops and PCs were also used on NAS systems.

Per hard drives, NAS devices are compatible with regular or traditional hard drives used on desktop computers. NAS devices usually come with built-in storages as well as bays (read: spaces) and USB ports for expanding storages using hard drives and other external storage devices.

Network-attached storages (NAS) are reliable, convenient, and easy to use data storage, backup and file sharing solutions for homes and small businesses.
