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The editors liked
Flexible configuration allows a mixture of mirrored and non-mirrored volumes. Volume sizes can be expanded. Easy to set up and use. Great value.
The editors didn't like
No driver support for Mac OS X and Linux limits use to Windows clients. Slower performance than NAS and locally attached drives.
Abstract: Netgear thinks it has found a solution in the form of its $129 SC101 Storage Central, a compact brick into which you can insert economical internal Enhanced IDE drives and expand the storage capacity of a PC, back up systems or a home network, or use a...
Abstract: With home networks becoming the norm, and more than one person needs to share resources, community storage is becoming as necessary as a community printer. A shared printer, however, is a relatively easy thing to accept. It’s a stand-alone device th...
Abstract: An unpopulated box (no hard drives) with two easy-access plain ATA drive bays, the SC101 has SAN-like drive-spanning and volume-sharing features. And if you shop carefully for hard drives, the completed drive can be considerably cheaper than the prepo...
Easy to set up, Drive spanning, Private and shared volumes
Currently accessible from only Windows machines, Passive cooling could be a problem with faster hard drives
More than just a networked hard drive enclosure, the SC101 provides some very useful features at a low price, making it a compelling choice for shared storage. ...
This Netgear Storage Central SC101 comes without any hard drives fitted. You have to buy the IDE hard drive (or drives) separately at a cost of around £120 per 500GB drive, although the lower-capacity drives are cheaper. Theres also no built-in fan. T...
Abstract: Flexible multi-user options, but Netgears SC101 is not as cheap as it looks Sharing documents or MP3s across a home network is handy - but what if the PC on which the files are stored isnt switched on? The answer is network storage - a hard disk dr...
The SC101 is a novel hybrid storage device that combines the best of SAN and NAS at a low price. It has a few rough edges but its flexibility is unparalleled. Its backup and mirroring possibilities make it a good choice for us media byte-billionaires ...
Abstract: network storage for home and small office: The Netgear SC101 looks like a small toaster, into which you install one or two ATA hard drives (not supplied, see the compatibility list), and then attach it to your network. It provides storage that can ...
Abstract: Netgears SC101 lets you store your files centrally on a network. It comes empty, so you can install your own choice of Parallel ATA hard disks. This might sound complex, but the drives simply slot into the dual slots and dont need any screws. The ...
