COMPUSA External Network Storage Enclosure
Hi guys,
Thought I'd write a review of this little gizmo I bought yesterday at a local CompUSA for ~$120.00 (US price is $99.00.) What caught my attention was what I saw written on the box: * Featuring Built-In FTP server and Samba Server Capabilities This is the box, model SKU 334218: http://www.digitalfaq.com/archives/error.gif The beauty of this thing, is that you don't need any drivers on your PCs to access it, because it has built-in Samba server :!: Just put in any hard drive (up to a max size of 320GB), and you have yourself a standalone storage on your LAN. It even has a WEB server :D Here are screenshots from my box: http://www.digitalfaq.com/archives/i.../2006/07/1.png http://www.digitalfaq.com/archives/i.../2006/07/2.png http://www.digitalfaq.com/archives/i.../2006/07/3.png http://www.digitalfaq.com/archives/i.../2006/07/4.png http://www.digitalfaq.com/archives/i.../2006/07/5.png http://www.digitalfaq.com/archives/i.../2006/07/6.png http://www.digitalfaq.com/archives/i.../2006/07/7.png http://www.digitalfaq.com/archives/i.../2006/07/8.png And now, to my surprise, look what happened when I telnet to the box 8O http://www.digitalfaq.com/archives/i.../2006/07/9.png So I logged in as admin and the password I set up on the WEB panel, then I typed in help and several commands, and look what we have :D http://www.digitalfaq.com/archives/i...2006/07/10.png What we really have here is a tiny/embedded WEB server/Samba server and FTP server on a ~$100.00 plus the cost of any hard drive :) This beats just about any full SMB (Unix/Linux) dedicated PC, because of small size and power consumption. Right now I'm using the box for backups from three different PCs, and it's working like a charm :) Edit: Just noticed that it also provides a DHCP server :!: :cool: -kwag |
Hi Karl,
What filesystems are supported ? |
Hi Phil,
The hard drive is formatted as FAT32 only. I know that's not the best choice, but depends on how you see it. As far as transportability, that's a plus, because the drive can be read/written anywhere. You could pull it out and read it on just about any operating system. :) -kwag |
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