Description
Add more storage space to your office network for sharing important files, backing up critical data, and archiving your folders with the LaCie Ethernet Disk. It frees file servers by providing independent, stand-alone storage accessible to anyone on the network. The LaCie Ethernet Disk can be shared by as many as 25 users simultaneously and accessed remotely via the web (http or ftp). Use the web-based management tool, which comes in multiple languages, for easy configuration. Its sturdy, aluminum design can support a monitor, be stacked or fit into a 19" rack.
Quick Glance
External Interface: 4 x 4-pin USB 2.0 - USB, 1 x VGA, 1 x Mouse, 1 x Keyboard, 1 x Network
Network: 1 x Gigabit Ethernet IEEE 802.3ab 10/100/1000Mbps RJ-45
Hard Drive Capacity: 2000000
Storage
Hard Drive Capacity: 2 TB
Number of Drives Included: Standard
Interface
Interfaces: 4 x 4-pin USB 2.0 - USB, 1 x VGA, 1 x Mouse, 1 x Keyboard, 1 x Network
Features
Installed Main Memory: 256 MB DDR SDRAM
General Features: Auto-Senses Network Port Speed, DHCP Server Functionality, Multiple Host Support
Included Network Card: 1 x Gigabit Ethernet IEEE 802.3ab 10/100/1000Mbps RJ-45
Dimensions
Dimensions: 1.77" Height x 16.90" Width x 16.90" Depth
Height: 1.77 in
Width: 16.9 in
Depth: 16.9 in
Weight: 20.60 lbs
Warranty
Warranty Information: 1 Year Limited
More Info
URL: Manufacturer Link
Additional Specifications
Frequency Band: Hard Drive Buffer: 8MB
Software Included: Network IP Configurator software
Strengths: Easy to get up and working, web interface is easy to use. Talks SMB and AFS protocols, as well as http and ftp.
Weakness: Runs windowsXP, which has a subset of network and volume management tools available, and also means thet integration with UNIX machines is going to use smb.
Setting up the NAS was easy, and using it from a SMB enabled linux machine or a windows machine was easy as well. Not a lot of logging info if you run into problems. Backup from the web interface is anemic (can't make scheduled backups, you may be able to do this if you log into the server locally and mess around with embedded XP). Why they chose embedded XP is beyond me, linux whould have been...
Strengths: looks nice.
Weakness: XP embedded is slow! unexpected down time required restart. HUGE! Needs deep rack.
Unit failed within 2 weeks. Company support was not useful-- they gave me a number for a data recovery service--$8000 to retrieve our data. If you use behind a firewall, the home page of the unit does
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Good and Ugly
Strengths: Great Price - Great Possiblities
Weakness: Not designed for heavy usage
Bought several. The embedded windows xp system will not handle really heavy backups - coping large blocks of data that takes 12 - 24 hours. XP does not have raid capabilities. Lacie wrote a small application that does software raid and creates a large virtual volume that xp sees as a single drive. Bottomline, this is a compact motherboard with 4 500 gb drives attached. I hooked up an external...
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