ijacobs3
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Afternoon Folks, i was one the lucky people to get my hands on one , first review of a product so here goes....
The Grand Opening
The unit was neatly packaged, easily removed, with no silly stickers holding everything closed. Provided manual covered in detail the opening of the unit ( not the one needs it). Included was the power supply, lan cable & and the screws on will need to secure the drives. A nice touch was a small bracket for using 2.5” drives. My biggest gripe was the supplied round 2 pin plug.
The First impression
Working in the recycling industry comes with some interesting challenges, such as dealing with a long line of Old redundant equipment on a daily bases that other companies stop using, refurbishing them, and extending the life. One tends to lose sight that technology moves along. Such has been the case with an old Western digital mycloud, and an even older Seagate 2 bay NAS which we make use of for backups.
The Setup
Separating the 2 halves reveals the two SATA connectors for the drives. A very organized enclosure, well ventilated with a single fan and ventilation. Next was the configuration, very easy to follow steps, a far cry from what I am used to working with, in a good way, from the features such as the mail station, file syncing, and right down to hosting Wordpress site on it. For a small site of less than 10 users, I’m really toying with the idea of a bigger unit to replace our old SBS server.
Being able to create a link to my old NAS was a bonus, and made moving data between the two seamless. Staring the process, and closing the window off, left the unit to copy everything.
The Pros
The Grand Opening
The unit was neatly packaged, easily removed, with no silly stickers holding everything closed. Provided manual covered in detail the opening of the unit ( not the one needs it). Included was the power supply, lan cable & and the screws on will need to secure the drives. A nice touch was a small bracket for using 2.5” drives. My biggest gripe was the supplied round 2 pin plug.
The First impression
Working in the recycling industry comes with some interesting challenges, such as dealing with a long line of Old redundant equipment on a daily bases that other companies stop using, refurbishing them, and extending the life. One tends to lose sight that technology moves along. Such has been the case with an old Western digital mycloud, and an even older Seagate 2 bay NAS which we make use of for backups.
The Setup
Separating the 2 halves reveals the two SATA connectors for the drives. A very organized enclosure, well ventilated with a single fan and ventilation. Next was the configuration, very easy to follow steps, a far cry from what I am used to working with, in a good way, from the features such as the mail station, file syncing, and right down to hosting Wordpress site on it. For a small site of less than 10 users, I’m really toying with the idea of a bigger unit to replace our old SBS server.
Being able to create a link to my old NAS was a bonus, and made moving data between the two seamless. Staring the process, and closing the window off, left the unit to copy everything.
The Pros
- Small footprint
- Silent
- Easy setup
- Feature rich
- Access from anywhere, easily
- As mentioned , the round 2 pin plug, it’s a pet peeve
- The iOS apps I find a bit hit and miss, it does connect each time ( put in the same password multiple times to connect)
- No Single mobile app, have to install a app for each part you wish to use
