Seagate BlackArmor NAS 110 2 TB Network Attached Storage ST320005MNA10G-RK

by Seagate

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 8.8 x 3.5 inches ; 3.8 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 3.8 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B002SYWLQC
• Item model number: ST320005MNA10G-RK
• Average Customer Review: 2.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (63 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank:
  • #76 in Electronics > Computers & Add-Ons > External Data Storage > Network Attached Storage
• Date first available at Amazon.com: October 15, 2009

Product Description

Capacity: 2 TB

From the Manufacturer

The BlackArmor® NAS 110 server is a network attached storage solution designed to provide centralized storage and data backup for up to 10 PCs. Help protect important data with automatic full-system backup, SafetyDrill+ bare metal recovery software and powerful hardware-based encryption. The OneTouch® backup button duplicates files from USB storage devices such as drives and digital cameras connected to the front-mounted USB port. Stream media files to DLNA® compliant devices and computers running iTunes® software, anywhere in your local network. Functions as an FTP server, enabling remote file access. Intuitive discovery software automatically identifies the BlackArmor NAS 110 storage server on your network to simplify installation.

 

 

 

System Requirements	PC on Network: Pentium® III, 500MHz equivalent processor or higher, Microsoft Windows® XP or Microsoft Vista® OS, Internet Explorer® 6.0 browser or later, or Firefox™ 2.X browser or later (for management interface and web access), 256MB RAM Mac on Network: OS X 10.4.11 or later, Apple® Safari® 3.1 browser or later Local area network (LAN) Internet connection (for system updates and web access) Wired or wireless router with an available 10/100/1000 Ethernet port USB printer or USB disk drive (optional)
Technical Specifications	Connectivity                               1 internal SATA II port                                  1 RJ45 Ethernet port (Gigabit)   2 USB 2.0 host ports Network Protocols CIFS NFS, HTTP, HTTPS, FTP, Bonjour® Network Authentication Microsoft Windows® Server Active Directory File Sharing Protocols CIFS, NFS, HTTPS, FTP Volume Management Share management Share/folder-level access control list (ACL) support   Volume level encryption Quotas setting Disk Management Multi-volume management Drive standby mode   SMART status monitor Backup Management Local backup (USB device to NAS, NAS to USB device) Client system backup, Bare Metal Restore (full-system recovery) over network   Network NAS to NAS backup OneTouch® USB storage device backup Event Management Event email notification Media Streaming iTunes® server   DLNA® compliant digital media server Download Server Downloader (HTTP and FTP) Remote Access Seagate Global Access™ service
Product Dimensions	Horiz x Vert x Depth - 2.40" x 6.90" x 5.80" (61.00mm x 176.00mm x 147.00mm)	Weight: 2.71lbs (1.22kg)
Inside the Box	BlackArmor NAS 110 storage server 2M – RJ45 cable AC power cord Quick Start Guide	CD-ROM with BlackArmor® Discovery Software for Windows® OS BlackArmor® Discovery Software for Mac® OS BlackArmor® Backup Software for Windows OS (5 licenses*) Online registration link Warranty information card *Additional licenses available for purchase at www.seagate.com

 

Region	Product	Capacity	Model Number	UPC Code	Multi-pack UPC
US US	BlackArmor NAS 110 BlackArmor NAS 110	1TB 2TB	ST310005MNA10G-RK ST320005MNA10G-RK	763649018668 763649018675	10763649018665 10763649018672

Product Description

Seagate BlackArmor NAS 110 Network Storage Server ST320005MNA10G-RK Network Attached Storage

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

70 of 74 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars DO CONSIDERABLE RESEARCH FIRST, December 27, 2009

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Nathan T. Finch "NTFinch" (Scottsdale, AZ) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Seagate BlackArmor NAS 110 2 TB Network Attached Storage ST320005MNA10G-RK (Personal Computers)

I am happy with this drive for many reasons, and disappointed for two. This is a very well-built drive that seems like it will perform quite well for my purposes, which are media streaming. It has a browser-based management utility that is streamlined and easy to use. However, the documentation is very vague, as are the online forums that don't function well. My drive was set up in under 30 minutes with no problems. My dad bought two of these as well, and is having issues setting up the Global Access feature for some reason. I didn't have any issue with that. The two issues that are concerning have to deal with documentation and Media Server functionality. Seagate does not list what file formats/codecs are supported for DLNA streaming. Unfortunately, it appears it is limited to AVI and Windows Media. It will not stream MP4 files of any sort. This is a huge loss for me, since I bought the drive to avoid having my computer on all the time. The details of this issue are not documented anywhere. However, it appears that very few drives out there function properly in this respect. For now, I am streaming through Connect360 while waiting for a firmware update that may offer hope. I recommend this drive as a solid network drive, but must warn you that it does not perform as a DLNA server. I will update this as I get more information.

30 of 30 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Easy network file sharing and print server, May 6, 2010

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Joey Day (Draper, UT, USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Seagate BlackArmor NAS 110 2 TB Network Attached Storage ST320005MNA10G-RK (Personal Computers)

I've had my Seagate BlackArmor NAS 110 2TB Network Attached Storage devices for less than 24 hours at this point, so I can't speak to its reliability or stability over the long term yet, but I will say this thing was an absolute breeze to set up. Let me say up front that I am an IT professional, so if you are relatively inexperienced with networking and hardware you should perhaps take my review with a grain of salt. However, this was so easy to configure I really do think a novice could've done it nearly as quickly and easily as I did.

I hate when a new piece of hardware comes with a CD. Mice and keyboards do not typically need any software, nor do switches and routers, yet they always come with a Getting Started card that tells you the first step is to insert the CD. Typically, the only real point to any of this software is for the company to get a little bit of their brand welded into your Operating System somewhere. When I saw just such a Getting Started card and CD included with the BlackArmor NAS, I got a little worried.

First thing I did was plug the NAS into my network. I used my router admin screen to figure out the IP assigned to the device, crossed my fingers, and punched the IP address into my browser address bar. I was pleasantly surprised to find a web-based admin area very similar to what you'd find on any router or modem. Everything on the device is configurable from this admin interface, rendering the "required" software absolutely unnecessary. Within ten minutes of fiddling within the admin area and without reading a single piece of documentation, I had a couple of working network shares mapped (one private share each for me and my wife to backup our computers, and a public share so we can swap files when we need to) and a networked printer (previous to this we were each plugging the USB cable into our computers whenever we needed to print, which makes this solution so much more convenient). The network shares were created very easily using the wizard-like interface, so there was really no IT know-how required, and the printer was immediately recognized by the NAS like magic almost as soon as it was plugged in. Both the network shares and the printer only required minimal configuration on our computers to get it all connected.

I personally prefer to use the rsync command-line tool to back up my own Mac (though I'm thinking of trying out Time Machine), but I know my wife will want a backup solution she doesn't have to manage herself or ever even think about, so I'm considering installing the NAS software on her PC, but I haven't checked it out yet at all. I also can't yet speak to any of the more advanced features of the NAS like media streaming or global access (being able to access your files from anywhere over the web), though I do plan to play around with these features down the road and may update my review here. I'll also update my review with respect to stability and reliability as time goes on. For now, though, it's already meeting my needs perfectly and I'm absolutely loving this little guy.

EDIT: I posted this review originally on May 6, 2010. It is now March 20, 2011, so I've had my Seagate NAS for nearly a year. Very shortly after unboxing, I noticed it makes a clicking sound when reading / writing to the drive, which worried me (usually a clicking noise coming from a hard drive means it has failed or is about to fail), but after researching this I learned that all of this particular model seem to make this same noise. I gotta say, this still worries me, but the drive has lasted nearly a year and seems to be doing fine, so go figure.

I still haven't played with the media streaming or global access features, as I haven't really needed them. This drive was purchased primarily as a backup drive. I'm still backing up my own files manually using rsync, but, as I had written earlier, my wife wasn't crazy about manually backing up her stuff, so I did go ahead and install the BlackArmor software so she could back up her files set-it-and-forget-it style. The software was very easy to set up and I rest easy knowing my wife's computer is backed up without any intervention by her or me.

In short, after owning this device for ten months I can still say it was well worth the purchase price. This is a great little networked backup device.

21 of 21 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Be prepared ..., November 11, 2009

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Not Your Concern (Best Coast) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Seagate BlackArmor NAS 110 1 TB Network Attached Storage ST310005MNA10G-RK (Personal Computers)

I have mixed feelings.

Short story: Nice hardware, great potential (FPT, wiki, etc). Software unforgiving and difficult to decipher.

Software is lacking and unclear and the instructions alternate between being very simple and helpful to abstract and cryptic or disjointed. I feel there are things I really just had to figure out for myself and while I'm not a computer newbie, I'm certainly no IT professional. Definitely had some trial and error --which is time consuming when backing up 1/4 of a terabyte...

-In some cases there are five different ways to do the same thing (like I can't count the number of menu's where "Validate backup" is an option) --whereas in other cases I had to hunt and hunt to finally locate the obscure reference in the HTML help files that pointed me towards some buried part of the stripped down hardware GUI.

-In some cases you're bombarded with backup options. In other cases, you do a backup (such as USB->NAS) and it doesn't ask you one thing, it just starts backing up. There's not even a "stop" button in that latter example ...!

And so on ...lot's of strange things like this. I would prefer a really stripped down interface where I had to learn to be an IT professional, or I would prefer something where my hand is held the entire time. But Seagate BlackArmor tries to straddle the line ...

(I feel most comfortable just mapping drives with a letter name, but that just reduces it to being a portable hard drive. And good luck figuring out the permissions --because it doesn't tell you how, just tells you "can't do that". ...)

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