OT USB 8T Drive to Ethernet

What product can I use to directly connect through this device from my
8T USB drive to my LAN ?

So I can see and copy and paste from my PCs to the 8T Drive over my LAN ?

I do not what to hook the 8T USB drive to a PC on the LAN and use SHARE!

Thank you.

zernot wrote:
What product can I use to directly connect through this device from my
8T USB drive to my LAN ?

So I can see and copy and paste from my PCs to the 8T Drive over my LAN ?

I do not what to hook the 8T USB drive to a PC on the LAN and use SHARE!

You could use a device which serves as a NAS (network attached storage)
server.

Some people use such as an RPi4 for that, but there are other alternatives.

Here's generic info re NAS:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Network-attached_storage

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Mike Easter

J. P. Gilliver (John) wrote:
In message , Mike Easter
writes:
zernot wrote:
What product can I use to directly connect through this device from
my 8T USB drive to my LAN ?
So I can see and copy and paste from my PCs to the 8T Drive over my
LAN ?
I do not what to hook the 8T USB drive to a PC on the LAN and use
SHARE!

You could use a device which serves as a NAS (network attached
storage) server.

Some people use such as an RPi4 for that, but there are other
alternatives.

Here's generic info re NAS:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Network-attached_storage

Some "routers" (UK imprecise term for the single box that contains ADSL
MoDem [connects to 'phone line], router/hub [has ethernet sockets], and
Wifi functionality) have a USB socket on them, to which a USB drive
(memory stick or in some cases USB HDD), if connected, becomes NAS. Does
your such box have such a socket?

It's true the function is there, but the router version might run at
10MB/sec, versus a NAS running at 100MB/sec. Neither is really fast
compared to SSDs or NVMe or the like.

You want to find a review for both the router and the NAS solutions,
and get a benchmark for transfer speed. That way there are no
surprises when you take delivery. Smallnetbuilder website has
a table of values for NAS.

Some routers have also included print spoolers. I'm not even sure
what that is any more :-)

And the RPi4 is one of the first cheap computers, with
something approaching a real USB3 port. There was a competitor
who was first to market with USB3, but their port only did around
40MB/sec or so. In other words, a disaster. There is a new version
of firmware for the USB3 chip on RPi4, that reduces the degree it
heats up when used.

Paul