MyDitto is the cloud-accessible NAS for people who don't know what NAS stands for
By Tim Stevens 
posted January 6th 2010 10:19AM
posted January 6th 2010 10:19AM
There are plenty of ways to get your datas online, more coming online by the moment, but if you're the type who doesn't know your WAN port from a MAC address you're probably looking for the most straightforward solution. As of now the myDitto from Dane-Elec looks about the simplest. It's a dual-bay device that can manage RAID 0 or 1, also sporting a pair of USB ports for when internal storage just won't cut it and DLNA and iTunes support for media accessibility. If you don't know what any of that means here's the important bit: to access that storage all you need to do is connect it into your network and then plug a myDitto USB key into any internet-attached machine. Then, hey-presto, your storage will be accessible and you won't have to configure a thing. In practice these fire-and-forget sort of implementations can often create more headaches than they solve, but if this one works it could be an ideal way for non-networkers to get networked. Mind you, at $249 for a 1TB model that simplicity will come at a premium when it launches in March.
Irrelevant comment about the model instead of the device in 3 . . . 2 . . . 1 . . .
Drat, my comment was predicted. I'm confused as to what emotion that model is attempting to portray. Is she disgusted with the dongle? Is she confident that this NAS will solve world hunger? I really have no clue.
@fanguad Is now Bayonetta working for Dane-electric or she's just a 'ditto'? :P
http://platinumgames.files.wordpress.com/2009/04/3_bayonetta02.jpg
@fanguad
She's expressing disappointment with the size of the dongle.
Obviously, she was hoping for something much bigger.
The dongle is asian
@Smart People Play Tuba
She looks sorta like she's about to kill someone, and at the same time is not impressed. Which comes out as a "..." look.
@(Unverified) Another racist....
Anyway, I think her face shows dissatisfaction.
@Spiny Norman
Maybe she should try my dongle instead.
@Smart People Play Tuba
She looks like she just found my pot stash and wants to spank me; and I'm OK with that.
@MJGAMER 1991 XBL She looks like she just found my wireless 1TB stash of RAID-0 porn... RAID-0 means I'm done faster ;-)
@rudiger And I have some explainin' to do...
This sounds like a really simple and easy to use system. Till you miss place the Ditto key. Then you can't get to your data because you don't know any other way without the key and other people could possible get to your data because they found it.
@KAL326
Although you pose a good question, perhaps you should have done some reading on the myDitto source link under the FAQ... Basically if you lose a Ditto key, you can turn any USB key into a new Ditto key by plugging it in to the Ditto server's USB port and authenticating it. Very simple, really. This product looks excellent for me, as a small business owner. I often have various copies of the same file on 2 different computer at the office and more on my laptop. This is a perfect way to centralize all those files, plus access them remotely from home or on vacation if I need to.
@KAL326
Oh, and of course the point about others being able to access your data is also incorrect... The key is 128-bit encrypted and requires a password for log in. Also, no data is actually stored to the key. This is all in the FAQ on the website. I read all of it, and it seems like a great idea. I'm probably going to buy one, actually.
irrelevant comment made by someone who attempts to predict irrelevant comment about the model who secretly really wants to but couldn't come up with something smart to say in 3...2...
oh wait some self-proclaimed smart people already did.
would be nice if the font had some distinction between a zero and an o
raid-o sounds fun tho'
God's son, never gone, never left
King, I play every card in the deck
The whole world waitin for what I'm gon do next.
Are you kidding me? "Datas?" What have we as a society become? Come on man, Tim Stevens! "Data" can be sufficed.
@allston232 You beat me to it. "Data" is already plural. The singular is "datum". Back to Latin class for you, Engadget!
Haha. I just noticed I have a USB key drive that looks EXACTLY like that dongle.
Then I noticed the "NAS"-thing is also made by Dane-Elec.
Guess they don't mind re-using crappy usb housings.
@brown like dookie
...or the LG models.
"MyDitto is the cloud-accessible NAS for people who don't know what NAS stands for"
"MyDitto is the cloud-accessible NAS for women"
Fix'd!