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NAS or external hard disk for SQ Touch based syste

I'd like to back up my digital music (and photos) that I currently store on my iMac and stream wirelessly to my main system via a SQ Touch. My sense is that an external hard disk would be simplest. But I'm wondering what a NAS device would do for me. Are there reasons to prefer one approach over the other? I've also read that it's possible to connect a NAS directly to the Touch. Are there sonic (or other) advantages to that. I'm not really clear about the difference between a NAS and external hard drive, so some info on that would be greatly appreciated
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bmdduck
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There is a lot of information about storage devices on the Squeezebox forums, so I would recommend you take a look there.

One of the major differences is that a NAS device has a small processor and operating system. Many come preloaded with the Squeezebox server software, so the NAS can serve all your music files without the PC (or Mac) running. They can also come with multiple drives that can me set up in a RAID configuration. Overall, more powerful, but also more complex.
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