Seagate Goflex Home NAS Promises Easy Media-Sharing

Seagate has outed its latest addition to the GoFlex family of removable storage, the Seagate GoFlex Home, a media and backup NAS designed for domestic use. Coming in a choice of 1TB or 2TB capacities, the GoFlex Home‘s storage can be easily upgraded since it uses the same SATA port connector as other drives in the range; you simply pull out the preinstalled drive and slot in a newer, bigger example.

Alternatively there’s a USB 2.0 port which can be used to add external drives, or to share a USB printer across the home network. Digital media files can be streamed around the network – there’s an ethernet port built in, but you’ll need to hook up a wireless router if you want WiFi support – and the GoFlex Home is compatible with both PC and Mac for backup purposes.

As for remote access, like we’ve seen on the Pogoplug you can share photo albums, videos and documents with friends and family via an invite-only webpage ; Seagate also offer an optional premium version of the service, Seagate Share Pro, which allows for remote cellphone access, Facebook and Flickr integration, and RSS updates to new content. The Seagate GoFlex Home is available today, priced at $159.99 for the 1TB model and $229.99 for the 2TB model.