My book world edition 2tb

Low power, low heat drives. Itunes finds it right away. Does what I want it to do for a home NAS. Cons: Has too many apps loaded. Need to stop or remove some. The user interface, a web app, hung with a message about resources meaning the HTTP server was starved.

No problems since. It turns itself back on a minute after you turn it off. That adapter has saved my bacon on a couple of occasions. How you copy files to the NAS can affect the speed. For example, dragging and dropping large directories from Nautilus to the WD NAS was much slower than just copying via a console command. Would expect windows file manager to act slower than a dos copy. I believe the small processor and memory are the main speed constraints.

Its running a lot of stuff so turn off what you don't use. Learn some basic linux so that you can logon to the NAS to see what is going on if you have a problem and so that you can reboot from the console if required.

Also, change the root password ASAP in case someone hacks your network. All of the NASs of this genre run linux, so same for them. Pros: Great concept, easy setup for most , and simple software. I really liked the mirrored RAID and the drop-in drive features.

If I had a need for this on my home network, I'd buy this right away. Cons: Not a fan of the case color. I had to return this drive because you can't easily use it as a direct non-network backup to a PC I'd have to disconnect from the network to access the drive.

Would have kept it if it had both network cable access as well as USB access. The USB port is only for adding extra storage capacity. Pros: Received drive in less than 24 hours Popped in the disk Worked with XP, Vista and Windows 7. The speed seems just fine for what we are doing. We are using it as a central storage unit for our small business.

Cons: Slow operation. Ironically, the hardware that failed was not the drives themselves which were configured in a Raid 1 format , but the built-in nic. The advanced mode still uses the big buttons, but presents options to users that are hidden on the more basic configuration. Rather than try and code everything in house, WD licensed proven solutions from other companies, and it works out well for the end user. The backup software is powered by a company known as Memeo.

It can also store variants of a file, in case you accidentally delete or overwrite the one you needed. The web interface walks users through creating a MioNet account on their servers. Once set up, you can view all of your content through a regular web browser, and even send documents and other content back to your My Book over the internet.

Users can also set up public and private shares, letting your family see a new photo album from your recent vacation, or your coworkers see a set of PowerPoint slides for your upcoming meeting. Fortunately, it manages to perform pretty well over the network. Real world speeds will always depend on what size the files are as well as how many are being copied, but even then the drive was sufficiently speedy. We saw movies copy to the drive at between 17 and 20 megabytes per second over a gigabit network while read speeds could get as high as 50 megabytes per second, but typically averaged out to 35 or so.

Users who feel a little more daring can trade the additional security of RAID1 for the increased speeds of RAID0, but double their chance of data loss by doing so. You can map your share after you access your unit with the method you are using. This in turn will create a link that will be displayed in the Computer section. This share requires the obsolete SMB1 protocol, which is unsafe and could expose your system to attached. You system requires SMB2 or higher.

Not sure if enabling SMB1 will correct the problem same as you were responding to but wanted to thank you for the link. Very clear and easy to follow.