External Data Storage - Netgear SC101 enclosure

Netgear SC101 (Storage Central) is a fence outside two IDE hard disks (ATA6 or more), which is an RJ-45 (standard network cable), wireless router, modem or wireless connection to change.

The case is very clean, modern, aesthetically, the investigation can accommodate two units, is very compact.

The equipment is easily SC101 case without screws (not a screenshot of the facade of unity, if the e-file can be opened). After opening the case of the hardware configuration of the introduction of one or two IDE (ATA6 or more) to choose and connect the 40 pin IDE cable and power cable to provide four pins. It 's just
a bit' if the closing device and connect to the network and the router. So far so good!

This is where the problems begin, install the software and its stability. Software is a Netgear SC101 (here) and includes a SCM software and the duration and the software industry (Netgear Storage Central Manager) and the firmware of the reader network drives.

Although no deal breaker, what happens when the problems. Ideally, you want, if you have a network drive, can not really be that the software on any computer, use the device wants to install a simple FTP connection is much easier to use and easier.

Storage Central Manager utility, it seemed that there inherantly damaged. When the SC101 is to try XP desktop, the installation is not installed twice for no apparent reason, before the software is properly installed. ' Then you can format the drive and installing a system with few problems (even if you install a software update system crash) and decided not to run RAID, as all the IDE that we have available. At this stage, since the SC101 and I thought maybe the problem is isolated to the office and installing the initial software.

Everything went well for a week, fed every two days to our office and there are units SC101! No correction SC101 SCM software provides access to equipment and services for the desktop has never been found. Fortunately, there are still players, laptops and configuration files SCM software can be reused. We believe that the program works equipment is very unstable and, in some systems (my answer is essentially customer service, compliance problems have become accustomed to the desktop, in contrast with some SCSI controllers on some motherboards, although the response does not solve our problem, really!).

At this stage, to limit losses, and also decided to build significantly different use of indicators in outer casing is too unstable SC101 backup device and we could not take the risk.

I'm afraid I can not really recommend the Netgear SC101 (Storage Central) for each person, even taking into account the cost of equipment, which are very cheap for this type of product, which weighs the savings potential instability far. .