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SMARTSTOR NS2300N - 2-BAY NAS WITH SATA RAID1 FOR SOHO/SMB.ENGLISH & ASIA.PROMIS | 
 enlarge | Brand: Promise
Category: CE
Buy New: $187.62
Avg. Customer Rating:  3 reviews
Sales Rank: 62558
Memorabilia: No
Operating System: Linux
Shipping Weight (lbs): 31
Dimensions (in): 0 x 0 x 0
MPN: NS2300N
UPC: 704118035618
EAN: 0704118035618
ASIN: B0017OK4JA
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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Product Description
SMARTSTOR NS2300N - 2-BAY NAS WITH SATA RAID1 FOR SOHO/SMB.ENGLISH & ASIA.PROMIS
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| Customer Reviews:
 Works as advertized December 30, 2008
Bought this and two 1T hard drives. My setup is a PC workstation, MacBook, Sonos music system and HP deskjet USB printer. It takes some intermediate PC skills to setup. I installed the latest firmware and software from the Promise website. The system is working as advertised. It's basically acts as a server with 1T storage (in addition to the USB port).
Setup: I set it up as a RAID 1 device (can be RAID 0). So I have only 1T of storage but both drives contain the same information - which is safe for any drive failure. I plan to investigate switching out another 1T drive monthly so I can have a backup stored in a fire/water proof safe. The USB printer is working for both the PC and Mac.
Music files: I store all of my music files on it which I use iTunes on my PC to manage. After installing the iTunes addon and adding the Promise server to my Mac server list my Mac iTunes shows the server as a shared device - which allows it to play any song on the drive. The Sonos configuration was easy and is working perfect (update the music idex after installing new music files.)
Other files: I will put our photos and video files on the drive. And other house hold files that are important (Quicken, letters,...).
Overall it has been working good for my setup.
 Junk if you're on a Mac October 8, 2008
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
What a major waste of time. No drivers on their site, no tech support who know a damn thing about Macs, NO true USB connectivity. This thing is cheap piece of junk. I spent the better part of a day on the phone with these guys and nobody knows nothin' about using this product with a Mac, even though they ADVERTISE this on the box. I'm thinking of filing a lawsuit against these guys.
Impressed August 4, 2008
2 out of 3 found this review helpful
I did some research and my friends recommended the D-Link 323 but while at Fry's a customer rep recommended the NS2300N. I went along and decided to try it. Setup took literally 5 minutes and i had the RAID 1 set up with a network drive on the network. I uploaded 20G of data and it wasn't super fast but i think the reason is my laptop not the device. The best thing i liked about this device is how quit it is. Almost full silence. I'm still a bit disappointed though about the USB Print Server, a feature that did not detect my printer. I'll be calling their customer support and figure out a way to make it work. Otherwise, i'm going to have to return it as i know the D-Link has that feature and it works great. i got this device at Fry's for $199 + 2 500GB hard disks for $89 each.
If I get the USB print server option to work, this device is deffinitly worth the money.
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