IOCell NetDisk 351UNE: But Will it Stream Media?
IOCell NetDisk 351UNE
Summary
- Product Name: NetDisk SOLO 351UNE
- Manufacturer: IOCell
- Performance Rating:
- Value Rating:
- Review Date: November 29, 2011 16:45
- MSRP: $ 59.99
- Specifications
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- HDD Capacity: available in different capacities (tested up to 2TB)
- Average Read Seek: < 10ms (depending on HDD used)
- Power Requirements: 100~220 VAC, 50-60 Hz, 12V DC, 2.5A
- Operating Temperature: 5 to 50 °C
- Storage Temperature: -40 to 70 °C
- Humidity: 5 to 90%, non-condensing
- Shock: 2ms/63g (op.), 2ms/350g (non op.)
- USB 2.0: Data transfer of up to 480Mbps
- Ethernet: Data transfer of up to 1000Mbps
- eSATA: Data transfer of up to 3.0G/s
- Dimensions: 6.4 H x 8.4 L x 1.9 W (inch) 161.3 H x 213.5 L x 48 W (mm)
- Warranty: 1 Year, Limited
Pros
- Affordable
- Easy setup
- Fast
- It streams media, baby!
Cons
- Not a true NAS device
- No UPnP or standalone storage support
- Requires desktop client installation to use
Introduction
My past experience with network attached storage (NAS) was years ago, we called it the toaster and it held two drives with built-in redundancy; RAID 1. Mirrored drives gave my home network nicely backed-up storage via Ethernet. After assigning it an IP and mapping a drive letter to my PC I had access to Ethernet stored files. The NAS drive was great for backing up family pictures and an MP3 library. But did it stream? Forget about it! To any audio/video enthusiast affordable NAS was a major fail. The devices were expensive, complicated and slow. But that was almost ten years ago, surely the situation has improved since then – and it has. Nowadays there are several options including NetDisk proprietary NDAS system aimed at the small, consumer-grade home network admin.
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BoredSysAdmin posts on December 01, 2011 09:33
It can be used as a USB storage device. But it's primary strength is as an Ethernet storage. When it's on, attached to your network and you have the client software installed - it's used as a drive on your computer. Communication to that drive will be much faster than USB - but slower than SATA.
faster than usb 2 - true that...
faster than usb 2 - true that...
Wayde Robson posts on December 01, 2011 09:24
BoredSysAdmin;844755
how it's different from any usb storage? (other than the fact Ethernet cable could be much longer)
It can be used as a USB storage device. But it's primary strength is as an Ethernet storage. When it's on, attached to your network and you have the client software installed - it's used as a drive on your computer. Communication to that drive will be much faster than USB - but slower than SATA.
BoredSysAdmin posts on December 01, 2011 06:02
Clint, this is a bit confusing... As you said the device doesn't offer 3rd party connectivity (without it's client installed) - aka no UPNP and no DLNA by itself...
So - how it's different from any usb storage? (other than the fact Ethernet cable could be much longer)
So - how it's different from any usb storage? (other than the fact Ethernet cable could be much longer)
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