The New "What did you do with your Z today" (with off topic replies) XXVI

b15

Also for those with a local NAS, what app do you use for external uploading/viewing? How are the access speeds? I know a lot of it is dependent on the internet speeds at the house as well.

JARblue

NAS is connected to your LAN, so however fast the connection to your router is. Wired or wireless can make a difference as well as the NAS itself. High bandwidth (HD) streaming is something that needs thought put into these connections. Most photo hosting and light traffic use won't need too much bandwidth.

If you're hosting from the NAS itself, your internet upload speed is going to be the limiting factor. But you don't have to do this - you can use the NAS for storage and still use online services for image hosting and backup. I don't upload every picture I take to the web. I save them all on my computer (or NAS) and then upload specific, relevant pics as needed. Usually either through the forum or temporary hosting site like Imgur or tinypic. I use Dropbox and my online storage for more permanent sharing solutions, but I typically keep those private.

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b15

95% of the time we'll be uploading pictures to the NAS in the house so not a big deal BUT I know my wife will want access remotely to view the albums to show her friends and family so I'll have to host.

JARblue

An online solution might be ok for limited sharing (so many photo websites just get overloaded if you go overboard), but if you just want to share everything a NAS server is going to probably be easiest. RAID 5 will definitely be best for hosting - get four drives and that way if one fails, the RAID doesn't go down.

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