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http://www.justdeals.com/Items/SC101-100NAR?&caSKU=SC101-100NAR&caTitle=Netgear%20SC101%20Storage%20Center%20Network%20Attached%20LAN%20HDD%20Enclosure
Flexible, Upgradeable and Fail-Safe Network Storage! NETGEAR’s Storage Central is an innovation for storing and protecting music, games, photos, videos, and other important files on a secure network device. Simply insert one or two 3.5-inch IDE drives of any capacity from any vendor (sold separately) into Storage Central, connect it to any router or switch, and Smart Wizard takes care of the configuration. It functions just like a local disk drive, accessible from any network computer, but without requiring a dedicated PC. And as your storage needs grow, Storage Central keeps pace by letting you upgrade with larger capacity IDE drives – and even additional Storage Central devices.
Features
* Provides shareable, fail-safe network storage
* Allows network storage to appear as a letter drive
* Performs automatic, continuous backup of valuable files
Package Contents
* Netgear SC101 Storage Center
* Ethernet Cable
* AC Adapter - 100-240V-50/60Hz 1.5A
This item is refurbished and will ship in a non-retail box. Manual and Software CD are not included. The current software may be downloaded from the Netgear Website.
Netgear page for the SC101: http://www.netgear.com/Products/Storage/...ifications
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kinda cool, but i bets its slow, slow, slow...
single bay USB 2 cases start at $15
http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductLis...Submit=ENE&N=2010090092%201053807123%201054107130&bop=And&Order=PRICE
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can only trust justdeals as far as you can throw them...
I wouldn't be at all surprised to find that it's a base t10 unit and that the drives can only be a max of 128gb.
wouldn't be surprised at other surprises...
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/well I found this review on Amazon and it would appear that this thing is useless except for anything except windows box....
"These are not NAS devices, as some of the documentation might lead you to believe. A NAS device (network attached storage) typically offers clients the ability to connect to the device, using it's native fileshare method. CIFS for Windows, NFS for Linux/Unix, etc. These devices offer none of that.
* Device is available to Windows clients on the network only. If that's not bad enough, check the following gripe.
* Every PC that wants to access the device needs to have the software CD installed. Usually a NAS device will offer a shared filesystem that can be mounted in the OS's native method. With this box, all the PCs need to have a driver installed in order to see the device.
* DHCP only. There is no option to have a static IP address on the device. It is DHCP only.
* On first install, lamely worded error message hindered the install. After installing the device and the driver, it kept failing with the error "Unable to enumerate drive". The help file was useless. After an hour of messing with it and finally deleting all of my mapped drives, the installation suceeded and I was able to use the device.
* You MUST use the included software. Although the device seems to be listening on port 80, there is no web interface to configure it. The included software, running on Windows is the only way.
* Non-Windows systems are out of luck. This is a Windows only device. Do not try to connect to it with Mac OSX or Linux (both of which I have). The device can be connected and re-shared by a Windows PC, allowing Macs and Linux to get to it, but this has proved painstakingly slow.
* Painstakingly slow. I connected the device to an older Windows PC and the best sustained data transfer I could get (read or write) was around 3MB/s. Hardly a speed demon. My linux fileserver on the same network can easily sustain 10MB/s. I am going to connect the device to a faster Xeon based system and see how speedy it is then.
* Simple security. I saw no method of creating usernames or any kind of security on the device other than the single password that can be setup to access the device. Probably because this is designed for the home where there are not a bunch of users and passwords to manage. "
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I loved the way you brought it to our attention and then demolished it..."Hey guys, take a look at this...it's crap."
Thanks
I actually am looking for an IDE NAS for some old drives from my G4.
Thought you'd struck gold for $20.
Rats
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seems like an old G4 would work equally well... if not better.
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Hey, at least I TRY to post deals when I come accross them.... It's not my fault if the thing turns out to be a piece of crap on closer inspection.... I was going to buy a couple of these myself until I started reading all the crummy reviews...
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