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26 out of 27 people found this review helpful
3.0 stars
"Great idea, poor performance"
Pros: Easy to configure and use, very convenient
Cons: File transfer is SLOW
Summary: I wanted to use this box as two mirrored drives, and store my development files as well as digital media files on it. This way I figured whatever computer I used around the house, I would always be accessing the master development files, and the wif... read more >>
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15 out of 16 people found this review helpful
1.5 stars
"Very poor performance for Gigabit networks."
Pros: Good price for a lot of storage.
Cons: Not capable of Gigabit speeds. Not Macintosh friendly.
Summary: If you plan on using this device with a Mac only network look elsewhere. Although it is possible to install the device on a Mac network it is a little bit of a complicated process and it is, at this time, impossible to install upgrades.
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4 out of 4 people found this review helpful
4.5 stars
"Read the manual before you buy."
Pros: Does everything the manual claims it will do.
Cons: Not designed for IT Services or "production" environments.
Summary: Perhaps those who are dismayed at the TeraStations inability to meet their needs or those that have found "gotchas" or "issues" with this box should look in the mirror and ask themselves if they did the proper due diligence before purchasing (like d... read more >>
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3 out of 3 people found this review helpful
3.5 stars
Pros: Big Storage, pretty easy setup, small footprint, reasonable price.
Cons: Hardware not fast enough for full gigabit, linux based limitations.
Summary: We were surprised by one big minus that might have caused us to go a different route had we known earlier: since the system is linux-based, external USB backup drives must be formatted for linux or FAT, not NTFS. We exepected to connect USB drives f... read more >>
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4 out of 6 people found this review helpful
2.5 stars
"Better for home than business"
Pros: Cheap, pretty spinning lights
Cons: Slow, poor security, no AD support
Summary: I purchased two of these for my network to augment the Quantam NAS I bought to hold ghost images, archived backups and general network rubbish that has to be kept on line but not critical. I did buy two of them for less than half of the price of my ... read more >>
