Pick Out and Set Up a Network-Attached Storage BoxS  Network-
attached storage, or NAS, is a smart way to share storage space
on your home network without having to devote a whole computer
to it. Gizmodo's Saturday How-To series explains how to buy, set
up, and start streaming media or backing up.  Gizmodo's guide
details the different things you can do with a good NAS setup,
including access to files from anywhere in the world, serving as
a remote Time Machine or other backup software drop spot,
streaming video and music to any computer in the house, and
offering really crash-proof, RAID-based backup. You could, if
you wanted, put an older computer into service as a NAS device,
but there are plenty of dedicated NAS boxes out there, too, and
some are suggested by Gizmodo's testers.