UnifyDrive UT2 portable NAS review: Hardware has promise, software is terrible
A battery powered and portable network attached storage device sounds like an excellent idea, but in early access the UnifyDrive UT2 has a few too many limitations to recommend it whole-heartedly.<img src="https://photos5.appleinsider.com/gallery/61267-126513-Unify-lede-xl.jpg"; alt="A hand holds a dark, rugged electronic device with a central logo, set against a white tiled background." height="738">UnifyDrive UT2 reviewData storage is a big problem for content creators working on the go, or in the field. While you can offload memory cards or wait until you go back to base, it would be better to have the option to do it while on location.External drives may also be seen as an obvious answer to the problem. But even then, you don't get the benefits of redundancy in a multi-disk setup like a network-attached storage device. https://appleinsider.com/articles/24/10/03/unifydrive-ut2-portable-nas-review-hardware-has-promise-software-is-terrible?utm_medium=rss
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