These devices provide direct attached storage that can be used to save user content, such as in a backup, to move content from place to place faster than a network allows or even for expanding the useful storage capacity for some common household devices such as some set top boxes or DVRs.

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But I wonder whether people want to do their storage in a place with so few locks, that was originally designed for broadcasting and sharing.

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While many people do use their garage primarily for storage, and park their cars on the street, more expect to have a place to keep their expensive wheeled investments out of the elements.

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And you have a certain amount of redundancy in the system as well in terms of storage you can remove, a place where pictures and backup files can reside, and a way for files to be moved around without having to play around with cables or network connections.

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