- Average user rating: 1.5 stars out of 143 reviews Back to product review
- My rating: 0 stars
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2.5 stars
"If you're a nerd with spare IDE drives, it's not bad"
Pros: My scenario is having old IDE drives that are not being used for anything else, and having a Windows Home Server that is on 24/7 for my home network. I somehow managed to get the required driver software running on Windows Home Server to share them.
Cons: Where do I begin? 1.5 star average user rating says a lot. Place the blame SQUARELY on the "Zetera" company who has basically abandoned further development on the required driver software, and a bit of blame on Netgear for not stepping up to fix it.
Summary: I picked up one of these to use my old IDE drives that were just sitting around... cheap.
I wrestled to get it all working. The fact that every computer that is going to access these drives will need the "Zetera Z-SAN" software installed and configured is a huge problem, if you ask me. Newer devices are just 'plug and play'.
If you can get a refurb one of these cheap, have some spare IDE drives around to fill them, and are willing to take on a do-it-yourself project to get them working optimally, go ahead... but if you're not a tinkerer, steer clear of these devices.
Where to buy
NetGear SC101 Storage Central (0GB):
$129.99
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