Maxtor Fusion 500 GB NAS Personal Web Server with Gigabit Ethernet

by Maxtor

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 12 x 17 x 10 inches ; 7.4 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 7.4 pounds
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S.
• ASIN: B000GBPFPS
• Item model number: B01Q500
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Date first available at Amazon.com: October 2, 2001

Product Description

From the Manufacturer

With the Maxtor Fusion 500GB Personal Web Server, you can organize, personalize and safely share your Digital life. Easily organize your digital content and communications, with a simple and self-expressive way to share Video your life with friends, family and colleagues. Plug your Maxtor Fusion into a Network Router and organize a household's worth of video, music, photos and documents easily. Customize your content and create unique content for multiple audiences -- create themes like a family picnic or your band's first gig. Share things privately, publicly or even link to your blog to share the total digital experience of your life.

Included Accessories: Maxtor Fusion hard drive, power adapter, Ethernet cable, install CD, setup and user's guides

Product Description

Included Accessories: Maxtor Fusion hard drive, power adapter, Ethernet cable, install CD, setup and user's guides

With the Maxtor Fusion 500GB Personal Web Server, you can organize, personalize and safely share your digital life. Easily organize your digital content and communications, with a simple and self-expressive way to share video your life with friends, family and colleagues. Plug your Maxtor Fusion into a network router and organize a household's worth of video, music, photos and documents easily. Customize your content and create unique content for multiple audiences -- create themes like a family picnic or your band's first gig. Share things privately, publicly or even link to your blog to share the total digital experience of your life. Connectivity - Gigabit Ethernet inputs, two USB 2.0 outputs Transmission Speeds - 1000Mbps/100Mbps/10Mbps Requires router and broadband connection, via DSL or cable modem Operating Systems - Windows 2000/XP; Mac OS X 10.4 or higher System Requirements - PC with Pentium 500MHZ, or Apple G3 PowerPC (or higher); 50MB hard drive space; 256MB RAM; 10Mbps or faster Ethernet adapter; Video display with 1024 x 768 resolution; Internet Explorer 6, Firefox 1.5 or Apple Safari 1.2 browsers Physical Dimensions - 5.4 x 3.9 x 8.5 (136 x 65 x 217 mm)

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

10 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Delivers what it promises, July 5, 2006

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Micah B. Kleit (Philadelphia, PA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Maxtor Fusion 500 GB NAS Personal Web Server with Gigabit Ethernet (Personal Computers)

I bought the Fusion Drive as soon as it was available from JR. I'm really impressed with the ease of set up, the utility of the drive and software, and all around look of the drive. The instructions are clear and the setup wizard takes you through how to set up a dynamic dns, how to set up your router, and all of the other details that would usually require some real technical know how. The important thing is to follow the instructions closely.

One very important think to keep in mind when setting up the drive: if you have VOiP, make sure the internet phone device is hooked up to your router; usually companies ask you to hook the phone to your cable modem, and then your router to the phone; this makes port forwarding unusable. So other than this minor reconfiguring of your internet connection, everything works seamlessly.

I imagine the interface and the look (and the choices of looks) will develop over time, but I have to say I've been very impressed with how well everything has been working (I've tried out the software from home from a remote location), and most important, how stable everything is. I'm doing everything from a Mac, and I always worry if enought testing has been done to ensure Mac compatibility, and so far, everything's been fine. I also like the fact that Maxtor has included USB 2.0 ports for future expansion. It's a steep price, but I recomment this drive to everyone in the market for a NAS drive.

12 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Fusion software is horrible. Better to just buy an add-on drive., July 25, 2006

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G. Gough (Brentwood, TN USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Maxtor Fusion 500 GB NAS Personal Web Server with Gigabit Ethernet (Personal Computers)

The Fusion installation CD didn't detect the drive until I turned off my Windows Firewall. Of course, this wasn't mentioned anywhere in the setup guide. Don't try to load a directory with more than a few high resolution (5 megapixel or more) photos, or it will take FOREVER to generate the thumbnails. The drag-and-drop popup Java applet file import is very slow to import (even over Gigabit ethernet), and dropping a folder into it doesn't create the folder with the files underneath it; instead, it just puts all the files into the root directory. VERY DISAPPOINTED in what had the potential to be a useful product. If you have 1-2 Megapixel photos or small documents, in just a few small directories, maybe this will work for you, but for $700? You can do better.

4.0 out of 5 stars Great shared drive for the home., April 8, 2009

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L. Greenberg "The Skeptical CTO" (Cupertino, CA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Maxtor Fusion 500 GB NAS Personal Web Server with Gigabit Ethernet (Personal Computers)

I plugged this into my router, changed the workgroup name and used the web-based interface to adjust the settings. It has been running like a champ. Another reviewer discussed the software; I didn't try it. Most hard disk manufacturer's software isn't very good. Our family can share pictures, videos and move documents all around the house.