Network Storages

Does the job but capable of so much more!

Advantages: Low cost, small size, low-power consumption. Very hackable for those of you who like to get more out of your toys.
Disadvantages: Cabling can become a bit of a rats nest. Requires an external USB harddrive.

...firmware was downloaded from the Linksys web site this problem got much better. * Requires an external USB harddrive. If hacking hardware is not your thing, or you consider yourself to be a techie novice then you may be better off looking elsewere. There are too many things that can go wrong; particuarly with NTFS formated drives - which it did not support when I purchased my unit. If on the other hand you're interested in hacking this device, ...

CinnamonDonkey 19.03.2006 · Read full review
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Review of Linksys Network Storage Link NSLU2

Buffalo Linkstation Pro Duo LS-W2.0TGL/R1

Advantages: Very fast, high capacity.
Disadvantages: Pricey, may be outlived by long-life Blu-ray discs.

As our latest project comes to a close and we face losing any unused capital we again raise the idea of network storage with the boss. It's something we have mentioned repeatedly and suddenly find ourselves with an offer of whatever we can get for £1000. Taking our initiative from the US government we decide why buy one device when we could buy two of these? Thus we have one for our network project and finally a decent sized device for our own backups. ...
...The unit is surprisingly compact and although it may look like a midi-sized PC case in the picture it is actually a lot smaller measuring a little over 6 inches high and only 4 inches wide. The back of the case has 2 USB sockets (one to connect to a PC, the other to network a printer). There's also a standard auto-sensing LAN port (10/100/1000 megabit compatible), an on/off switch (which also has an auto setting) and a rather curious, possibly James ...

cport80 16.07.2008 · Read full review
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Review of Buffalo LinkStation Pro Duo LS-W2.0TGL/R1

Great unit, bad Firmware and Cust. Support.

Advantages: Handles beautifully on the network and runs smooth and quick.
Disadvantages: Stock firmware is useless. Gotta use a 3rd party firmware.

This is a great little device, however there are some quirks using the stock firmware. I say forget the stock firmware altogether and install a 3rd party firmware instead. Otherwise you got a painfully useless brick. I've found fvdw online and it opens up several features that make this unit a dream to own. The sharing and FTP capabilities for multiple users is more secure and easy to create and maintain. fvdw can be found at: http://convopit.org/forum3/viewtopic.php?p=256939#p256939 ...
...at the forum is great. Recently the firmware won an award from: NAS central http://www.nas-central.org/2009-1-competition-results Again, this is an excellent device with very few issues as long as you use a 3rd party firmware. Phillips seems to not care too much about this product with poor technical support. Plus this device was not released too widely. They may not have expected it to do well in sales. ...

Doramius 02.08.2009 · Read full review
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Review of Philips SPD8020CC

WARNING! DO NOT BUY THIS UNIT!

Advantages: Can't think of any
Disadvantages: way too many.

...data. When you contact iomega you are told two things, they can replace the hardware, affectively doing nothing for your lost data, or you are given the number to call for the Iomega Data Recovery Center. They will want to charge between $3k and $23k for their service. There is NO other company that can access iomega proprietary file structure so don't waste your time. This seems to be a real problem and if anyone is interested I am having a lawyer ...

Pikes_Peak_Chad 18.03.2009 · Read full review
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Review of Iomega StorCenter Pro NAS 150d/1TB

Has it's potential problems.

Advantages: Lots of storage on a network drive. Fast.
Disadvantages: Quirky connection. Might connect and might not.

...and lost the power cord. Western Digitial sales department didn't have one in stock, but they checked the tech support side and found one to sell me. I appreciated that. By the time I received the cord, I had moved my office and we set up my network slightly different. Since then I've had NO luck connecting this to my network. I've had my corporate tech support guy to my office and he says it can't be done. In addition, my hard drive crashed and ...
...researched online at both the Western Digital site and elsewhere and I have found that other people have the same problem. Some of have found a complicated solution, but I still haven't been able to connect. I bought the second one before I realized I was going to have this issue. The drive is easily accessible but comes with a program you don't really need. I don't care for that. Supposedly I had to install it in order to see it on the network. ...

dmbarnes5 04.02.2009 · Read full review
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Review of Western Digital My Book World Edition 500GB