Published May 15, 2026, 3:00 PM EDT Oliver has been writing about mobile and the wider technology space for more than a decade with bylines on TechRadar, CNET, Inverse, and more. With experience covering breaking news, writing in-depth product reviews, and sharing more than a few opinions, Oliver has been the go-to expert for some of the biggest publications both online and in print. Whether you're hoarding every Ubuntu release you can find or just making sure that your family's photos are safe and sound, you can never have too much storage. And that's before you dip your toe into the world of setting up Plex media servers or downloading every video your favorite YouTuber ever recorded. These kinds of ever-increasing storage needs are often what set people on the road to using a Network Attached Storage, or NAS, device. If that sounds familiar, you've probably also taken the next step: filling an old PC with storage and sharing it with everyone on your network. But that isn't a NAS, not really.…