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54 of 57 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Good features, everything works, reliable, slightly slow, March 24, 2005
The instant gratification aspect of this server paid off: plug it in, tell your computer to look for it, and it works. Novices could use this device easily. Although it wasn't necessary to use the setup web pages (it has a web site built in, the same as many network devices), I found they were clear, easy to use and fast.
Missing from the description is that this device also supports RAID and mirroring, though I didn't try these for more than about 10 minutes. In addition to Windows (SMB) and OSX (netatalk), it also supports NFS, a way to access disks used often by unix computers.
I had an obscure question about the way the NFS sharing worked, something missing from the manual, and I used the e-mail tech support. The answer came within 24 hours: clearly competent, well-explained, friendly.
I tested at the same time an alternative to this device, the "Buffalo Technology Linkstation", which is badly lacking in terms of ease of setup and configuration, but transfers data about 10% faster than the SimpleShare.
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40 of 43 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Excellent NAS for the price - especially with RAID 0, RAID1, Concatenate abilities, February 4, 2006
In my quest for a stable NAS solution that included redundancy, either in a scheduled backup onto a second disk or RAID, I tried a number of SAN products with horrifying disappointment. The D-Link DSW-G600 I thought had promise but was terrible. The Buffalo Tech Link Station was really slow. It almost went the route of building my own linux box to do the task, but decided to give The SimpleTech a try. To my delight, this thing is Fast! Sure it only has a 100MB/sec pipe but the lag I see is in the network, not the device. What turns this into a stellar product is the fact that with a 4 port usb2 powered hub, I was able to attach 4 additional drives to the SimpleShare. Not only was I able to attach the drives, this thing will actually do full on RAID 0 (Striping) and RAID 1 (Mirror), with Spare drive capabilities as well!! So after attaching 3 250GB Drives and a 120GB Drive to the Simpleshare, I created a mirror with the internal drive giving me a 250GB Redundant share for my wifes pictures, bbackups and etc. and I also created a concatenate share consisting of a 250GB drive and a 120GB drive which makes a 370GB share available for stuff like movies and garbage. Not to mention I have attached another 250GB "foreign" drive that has a regular fat32 partition on it. I have .75TB total shared storage on my Home network! Setup was also a breeze, and it has a logging facility what can email you if there's a drive problem. This is valuable if you want redundancy and want to know when a drive fails so you can take care of it before it becomes a majro problem. The admin utilities needs a little work, but functionally, the Simpleshare capabilities are well worth the price!
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21 of 21 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Very happy with product, September 12, 2005
After struggling to put in a wireless LAN, I was quite nervous about adding a networked storage device. I was extremely pleased that I was storing photos onto my Simplshare storage device within 5 minutes of opening the box. It really is plug and play.
I own a Dell PC and an Apple iMac and both are connected to the storage device allowing me to save and swap files in a snap.
Given the time and money I have invested in my photos and MP3 files, I sleep well at night knowing I have additional back up and the investment is quite worth it. Given my past experiences installing a wireless LAN, it is even more satisfying that it was easy to install.
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