Without a doubt, home and professional computing storage needs are escalating. With the advent of so-called "Retina" displays for Apple products, and similar resolutions becoming available for Windows and other devices, the need will only grow as time goes on. Today's solution is just that- today's. Couple the need for storage with the trend towards portable computing, and the issues compound -- flash-based storage isn't as cost-effective per GB as rotating platters are. Network attached storage (NAS) devices for the consumer market have been around for nearly a decade, with varying degrees of
