Airport Disk – Easy Home “NAS”

Just browsing the Apple store and reading about the new AirPort Extreme Base Station… One very cool new feature is Airport Disk:

Share your hard drive

Now you can share an external USB hard drive over your wireless and wired network by simply connecting it to the USB port on your AirPort Extreme Base Station. Called AirPort Disk, it’s perfect for sharing files, making backups, and more. You can even connect multiple drives and printers using a USB hub (sold separately). [Apple Store]

There are also 3 ethernet jacks so you can use it as a more robust router if you want, though Gigabit would have been even better! I love the idea of attaching a disk or two right on the network… not true NAS, but considerably less expensive and it would be attached for anyone around to share. While this is certainly not unique to Apple, it’s good to have on board and I am sure was considered as an easy way for people to expand shared storage with an Apple TV in the house…

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