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NSA-220 User’s Guide
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Getting to Know Your NSA
This chapter covers the main features and applications of the NSA.
1.1 NSA Overview
Use the NSA (Network Storage Appliance) to do the following.
• Share files between computers on your network.
• Back up files from your computers to the NSA.
• Use the COPY button to copy files directly to the NSA from USB devices like card
readers, MP3 players, memory sticks, and digital cameras without using a computer.
• Have the NSA handle large file downloads.
• Automatically download files from website feeds for convenient viewing.
• Play the NSA’s video, music and photo files on your computers using the included media
client software.
• Play the NSA’s video, music and photo files on hardware-based media clients like the
DMA-1000.
• Use the NSA’s web site to share files with remote users.
• Use iTunes on your computer to play video and music files stored on the NSA.
• Share printers.
Figure 1 Example of the NSA in a Home Network
Above is the NSA in a home network. Users back up and share data on the NSA. The DMA-
1000 plays the NSA’s media files on the TV. A USB hard drive provides extra storage space
and files are copied directly from the USB memory stick to the NSA.