I had bought a USB cradle with an external drive there for a while. I was happy but he had some limitations that were beginning to become difficult. With this one, there is a whole other world. Impeccable in terms of quality, the noise is very low (especially in a living room.) And he does everything he needs without any worries. People who do a lot of stuff with a NAS take a more swift. But for home use as a media server and remote file server on the internet, it's just nickel.