Seagate BlackArmor NAS 110 2 TB Network Attached Storage ST320005MNA10G-RK
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Manufacturer: SeagateFormat: CD-ROM
Platform: Windows
Model: ST320005MNA10G-RK
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- SEAGATE RETAIL ST320005MNA10G-RK 2.0TB BLACK ARMOR
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Customer Review: Easy network file sharing and print server
Summary: 5 Stars
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.
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