Anyone used an external HDD enclosure with built in LAN?

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Asmodeus

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#35081 3-Jun-2009 14:02

http://offtheback.co.nz/public/deals?product=947

Features

Built-in Ethernet switch port, easy to access and share data on the LANDisk without system required

Compatible with DSL routers/modems

Under Ethernet environment, it supports one 10/100Mbps Ethernet port

Support FTP server/DHCP server/Samba server

Support BitTorrent download function

Printer server function

Host USB available for external enclosure, Udisk, HUB…device

Password management provides secure access to HDD and web management

Available for 3.5" IDE or SATA HDD

Support USB2.0 transfer rates up to 480Mb/sec

Compatible with Windows 2000/XP

Drive enclosure made of aluminum alloy good for heat dissipation

Compatible with many printers (connected via USB), for a compatibility list check http://linuxprinting.org/printer_list.cgi for printers listed as “Perfectly” supported.

Seems like a good deal, reduced from $199.95 to $89.95 today only. Could be useful for HTPC setups

Anyone used something like this? Any issues?

richms

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#221452 3-Jun-2009 21:57

Tried a similar one..

Was.... So.... Slow...... - Lucky to see 5-6 megabytes a second accessing it with sustained access - and random ones like making thumbnails was a massive joke - never used the torrenter on the one I had but when using utorrent to seed off the nas it was always going red with errors opening files - never the same problem when the drive was shared on an old junker running server 2003.

Media serving stuff on it also was stupidly slow, and that was with only 20000 MP3 files to serve.

Richard rich.ms

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#221925 5-Jun-2009 09:46

If theyre not even up to serving mp3s then what good are they or is it a bit of a gimmick?

Will avoid. Cheers

askelon

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#221927 5-Jun-2009 09:51

Ive used a couple of different ones in the past (cant remember the brands now - I think one was an ASUS). They definately werent huge performers but they worked. I normally used them for a secondary backup device. Dont remember them being quite as slow as mentioned though.. I do remember them being way over-priced though!

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#221940 5-Jun-2009 10:43

Also beware of those Landisk's. You need a propitiatory driver installed on the system to access the contents of said device.. So you wont be able to use it for anything other than windows 2000/xp/ vista?..