PROMISE NS2300N 2BAY Nas Sata RAID1 for Soho/smb

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Product Details

• Item Weight: 5.2 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 30.8 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• ASIN: B0017OK4JA
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #118,120 in Electronics (See Bestsellers in Electronics)
• Date first available at Amazon.com: April 12, 2008

Product Description

Product Description
SMARTSTOR NS2300N - 2-BAY NAS WITH SATA RAID1 FOR SOHO/SMB.ENGLISH & ASIA.PROMIS

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Works as advertized, December 30, 2008

By	C. Daley (Mountain View, ca United States) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Bought this and two 1T hard drives. My setup is a PC workstation, MacBook, Sonos music system and HP deskjet USB printer. It takes some intermediate PC skills to setup. I installed the latest firmware and software from the Promise website. The system is working as advertised. It's basically acts as a server with 1T storage (in addition to the USB port).

Setup: I set it up as a RAID 1 device (can be RAID 0). So I have only 1T of storage but both drives contain the same information - which is safe for any drive failure. I plan to investigate switching out another 1T drive monthly so I can have a backup stored in a fire/water proof safe. The USB printer is working for both the PC and Mac.

Music files: I store all of my music files on it which I use iTunes on my PC to manage. After installing the iTunes addon and adding the Promise server to my Mac server list my Mac iTunes shows the server as a shared device - which allows it to play any song on the drive. The Sonos configuration was easy and is working perfect (update the music idex after installing new music files.)

Other files: I will put our photos and video files on the drive. And other house hold files that are important (Quicken, letters,...).

Overall it has been working good for my setup.

4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Impressed, August 4, 2008

By	Yassin Sibai "byttphreak" (Austin, TX) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

I did some research and my friends recommended the D-Link 323 but while at Fry's a customer rep recommended the NS2300N. I went along and decided to try it. Setup took literally 5 minutes and i had the RAID 1 set up with a network drive on the network. I uploaded 20G of data and it wasn't super fast but i think the reason is my laptop not the device. The best thing i liked about this device is how quit it is. Almost full silence. I'm still a bit disappointed though about the USB Print Server, a feature that did not detect my printer. I'll be calling their customer support and figure out a way to make it work. Otherwise, i'm going to have to return it as i know the D-Link has that feature and it works great. i got this device at Fry's for $199 + 2 500GB hard disks for $89 each.

If I get the USB print server option to work, this device is deffinitly worth the money.

1 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Junk if you're on a Mac, October 8, 2008

By	A. Singer "s8junkie" (West Hollywood, CA United States) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

What a major waste of time. No drivers on their site, no tech support who know a damn thing about Macs, NO true USB connectivity. This thing is cheap piece of junk. I spent the better part of a day on the phone with these guys and nobody knows nothin' about using this product with a Mac, even though they ADVERTISE this on the box. I'm thinking of filing a lawsuit against these guys.