Wireless HDD or SSD

Dandytf

Are there any reasonably costed wireless hdd or ssd's available.
Only small to medium storage required.
Anything from 250GB upto 1TB.
I don;t have any experience of usin g such a device.
Any recommendations.

System

Usually network drives plug into the router because wired networking is faster than wireless. In fact a quick google shows none that you connect to directly via wifi.

https://www.techradar.com/uk/news/the-10-best-nas-devices-reviewed

Dandytf

Tarambor wrote: »

Usually network drives plug into the router because wired networking is faster than wireless. In fact a quick google shows none that you connect to directly via wifi.

https://www.techradar.com/uk/news/the-10-best-nas-devices-reviewed

Thanks storage connected to router could be ideal then maybe portable size.
That will be placed either on top of apple4kt.v. Or sky router.

arciere

What would you use a wifi storage unit for? I can't see any advantage in using a WiFi drive (if it does exist) over a USB disk or a NAS. As long as you are able to connect to it, wherever it is (like, on top of the router, in the cupboard, on your desk), why does it matter WiFi?

flashg67

Western Digital, amongst others, make a wireless SSD drive - google 'wireless ssd' But they ned to be charged, (or left plugged in.)
Not sure if this is what you meant, as the first reply relates to network attached drives (NAS) which is different

Dandytf

flashg67 wrote: »

Western Digital, amongst others, make a wireless SSD drive - google 'wireless ssd' But they ned to be charged, (or left plugged in.)
Not sure if this is what you meant, as the first reply relates to network attached drives (NAS) which is different

Thanks I seen one or two-noticed battery power is only 8hours though can be charged via usb 3.0
Think cost wise I'll choose HDD rather than ssd.

molerat

arciere wrote: »

What would you use a wifi storage unit for? I can't see any advantage in using a WiFi drive (if it does exist) over a USB disk or a NAS. As long as you are able to connect to it, wherever it is (like, on top of the router, in the cupboard, on your desk), why does it matter WiFi?

The question you need to answer. I have a NAS plugged into my router and connect any of my devices to it over either the wired or wireless network to access files and stream media.

Dandytf

molerat wrote: »

The question you need to answer. I have a NAS plugged into my router and connect any of my devices to it over either the wired or wireless network to access files and stream media.

Is that one of the wifi enabled type drives.
As I have never needed a NAS I thought they were expesnive.
I only require maybe 250/500 or 1TB -though for a few and far between blue ray purchases 1TB prb' exceeds my requirements.
I have manged to get 2 blue rays and 1 dvd movie onto 128 gb ssd -built in to mu i3 laptop.
Only recently I could use more external storage for future blue ray movies.
Personal movies only most of whicb I'll purchse from Amazon/possibly Sky store.

DoaM

Dandytf wrote: »

Is that one of the wifi enabled type drives.

No ... it's a USB HDD plugged in to the router. Access to the HDD is via either wired or WiFi via the router. So if you connect to the router via WiFi, you thus access the HDD via WiFi.

I know I'm not the person who posted, but it is very easy to interpret what they meant.

Dandytf

DoaM wrote: »

No ... it's a USB HDD plugged in to the router. Access to the HDD is via either wired or WiFi via the router. So if you connect to the router via WiFi, you thus access the HDD via WiFi.

I know I'm not the person who posted, but it is very easy to interpret what they meant.

Thats' why I thanked OP@3:43
Lots of what your mention available via amazon-some are restricted into their 'own' cloud services, I'm considering which I could copy blue rays to and upload or link to Infuse App or browser url

DoaM

Huh? I was responding to YOUR response (post #8) to post #7 by molerat. The tone of your post #10 suggests you still don't understand what's being said.