Customer Reviews

Iomega 33969 Ethernet/USB 2.0 360GB 1HD X 360GB Home Network Storage

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My laptop black screened on me this week and I immediately begin to panic about all the personal data I had on my hard drive (HD). This was further elevated when the HD was cored out into another machine and it began to blue screen. Our computer technician started saying things like "corrupted registry" and lost data and I started thinking about all the family photos I would lose and my entire wife's internet business data that I spent the last 10 months developing. Fortunately the technician patched the O/S without my losing anything. The next day I went in search of a backup system for my machine and ran across this package. It was too perfect. Offering not only more than enough space to store my entire families data collections, it's boasted NAS capability, and software to automate daily backups for what seemed like a very small price to pay.

I am a long time computer engineer and have rarely had any piece of equipment "seamlessly" plug-n-play. I usually tend to install the hardware with some frustrations, usually minimal, and then spend the next hour or two fighting software issues. I pulled this NAS device out of the box, plugged it into our network, plugged in the power, and turned it on. I took the cd, installed the two pieces of software, the network device finder, and the backup/restore software and launched the network device finder and it took all of about 2 minutes to create a new mount on my laptop for the Iomega HD. I then launched the backup software, chose the folders I wanted backed up and within another few minutes the backup process was well underway. I have never had it this easy before. Kudos to Iomega for finally given us a complete easy to use, out of the box, plug-n-play backup storage system. Now I don't have to worry about my HD crashing anymore!!

We needed a shared networked storage device to easy and quickly back up the data from our two computers. The Iomega NAS is small and attractive, and was extremely simple to install. I chose, however, to map a drive using Windows' drive mapping instead of the Iomega software utility because Windows' mechanisms are so simple. As well, while I reviewed the included backup software (which seems just great for traditional "full" backups), I chose a free "automatic synchronization" utility from an Internet-based vendor that I prefer because what I really need is just a real-time-updated secondary copy of all my data. The NAS was installed in minutes, the sync software was installed in just a few more, and the system works excellently! While the first copy of all my data to the NAS understandably took a few hours (I have lots of data), the subsequent synchronization updates to the NAS take just a minute or two. The Iomega NAS is just what we needed!

This device connects my 2 desktops and laptop to allow file sharing between them. In addition, all 3 are backed up onto it.
My previous external hard drive was Maxtor which had poor installation instructions & confusing software so I was hesitant about trying to hook up 3 computers to the Iomega. I'm glad I did - the installation was quick and easy and it works smoothly!

I bought this product in Novemeber 2008. Set up wasnt an issue for me, however it has a few major issues... it goes to sleep evry 10 minutes or so. and every time i had to restart it. Then, recently it just died.
I called customer support since it was still in warranty period. There is no phone support. You have to go on chat. Even though I had given them the serial number on the drive, the person on the other end first tried to suggest that it is not in warranty. When I told him that it is in warranty, he asked me to confirm if i had a receipt. When I told him that yes i had a receipt, without even asking for it he just accepted that it is in warranty. Then he just said that he will replace the drive however, he cannt do anything about the data....!!!!
Overall, a very poor experience.

Iomega Home Network Hard Drive (NAS) Ethernet/USB 2.0, 320GB (33813)

Great hard drive with network capability backup software works great unattended. I backup 2 machines in home network. Fairly fast, it is faster than attaching thorough Windows.

The drive itself functions fine and looks good.

The software that comes with it is a confusing pain, and directions left out a lot of information.

Overall, good, better if you know what you're doing without using directions.

Excelente producto he logrado hacer todos los backups de la empresa, lastima que solo se pueden 4 usuarios al tiempo como maximo, la configuracion es algo engorrosa, pero muy bien.