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"I got a lemon - stay away" on by tauntme
Pros: Easy to use / setup
Cons: Doesn't wok properly
Summary: I recently bought the HP Media Vault MV2120 from buy.com. I also bought a spare 500 gig drive to plug into the unit. When I put in my spare drive and chose to mirror the drives, I ended up with the first drive showing up as a 232 Gig drive. After going thru HP support and ending up in India several times, I finally got a case number and began working with HP on the issue. They stated they had never seen this before and after doing a NAS recovery and resetting the firmware, they shipped me a new 500 gig drive. When I got the new drive and plugged it in, the same thing happened. They had no explanation as to why.
I think I just got a bad chassis but they are not returning phone calls and emails for days. I think the actual people at tech support are good but they have to run to mgmt every 5 minutes to get approval to do anything. It is very frustrating. I spent 2 weeks helping them troubleshoot it and they still don't have it working. I cannot take anymore, I am returning this lemon and going with another brand that works ! -
"The best available NAS/Media Server for the price" on by cholero3023
Pros: Inexpensive, expandable, easy to set up.
Cons: Only one expansion bay.
Summary: I was eager to try the Windows Home server version of this unit but the $500.00 price tag scared me away. This Linux based version cuts cost and offers essentially the same *************. It allowed me to move my music collection off my laptop and have a RAID 1 mirrored backup copy (with the extra drive.) I like the security that offers because hard drives do fail, and I've spent a lot of time gathering music so I don't want just one copy on one drive. This was easy to set up and has worked pretty flawlessly over the past week that I have had it.
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"mostly easy to use and great for anyone" on by Slowstick1
Pros: lots of expandability and great quality
Cons: Password protected files don't seem to work.....or too hard to figure out/hardly worth it.
Summary: A great network attached storage option for any home user and a great NAS for beginners. Anyone from dumb as a door knob tech users to computer gurus will find the RAID options and the device easy to use. only problem I ran into is password protection causes problems. I couldn't access them once protected.
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"wanting more information" on by jaspertang
Pros: don't know yet
Cons: don't know yet
Summary: can we have a review of this product in terms of its speed network wired and wifi(g/n), read and write.
i am planning to buy this one if it has fast speeds. i got the linksys NAS200 which is very slow. -
"Like Apple's Time Capsule, but 1/2 the price and PC friendly" on by braytonfisher
Pros: Auto backup, iTunes server, simple to use, free drive bay , Linux-based so no MS Server issues
Cons: None - amazing product
Summary: This is a ground breaking product. I wanted to buy Apple's Time capsule for easy backup, iTunes server capabilities, sharing files and photos on the internet with friends, and having remote access to my data, but most of those features don’t work with PCs. This product has one 500MB drive (can be replaced later with bigger drive) and an empty drive bay that can either mirror the other drive or you can add a bigger drive later. Also has USB interface to hook up USB drives. If you want to back up a disk image of your computer, you can upgrade by buying the Pro version of the software from NTI. I thought I would have to buy the $599 HP Media Server, then found this for $299 list, and it ROCKS! Especially since it is Linux-based and very stable, vs. Microsoft Server issues (maybe in June they will fix the file corruption issue). VERY simple to set up, and it works with my PC.
HP Media Vault MV2120 user reviews (500GB)
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