Depending on the size and nature of your business you may wish to install a network attached storage solution yourself, assuming you have relative amount of technical experience. However, it always better to seek the advice and guidance of your supplier who should install the NAS relatively quickly and inexpensively.
- Make sure that your storage requirements are suited for network attached storage. Do remember that where there are large amounts of information being sent to be stored, it may not be the best solution. You must get advice from one or more potential supplier.
- Backup. You need to ensure that your NAS is backed up regularly as a contingency.
- Speed. Will network attached storage provide the sort of speed to access information that you and your personnel require? There may be constraints according to the type of information and applications.
- Take into account the growth of your organisation because for potentially a marginal amount of money you may well be better buying more capacity now than at a later stage having to buy more.
- Ensure that everyone knows where and how to access the NAS so that they can use it effectively.
- Do make that a process is place outlining how much space personnel have and what their quota is. Clearly, some will need more than other and this needs to be planned and addressed.