Ximeta 80GB NetDisk

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Ximeta 80GB NetDisk

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Brian Kristensen
Kurtis
Ximeta
Jan. 3, 2004

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Issues

One small issue I have with the NetDisk is the lack of a power switch requiring it to be unplugged to be shut down. Although I got along fine without it, it would make a nice addition to this product.

While smaller USB drives are able to be powered by the USB bus, the NetDisk requires a power adapter. If you intend on traveling with the NetDisk, you must bring the power adapter along for the ride.

Conclusion

The Ximeta NetDisk offers a great new storage solution at a very attractive price. Gone will be the days of a dedicated file server for homes and small businesses. The NetDisk is a fraction of the cost, noise, and size of most file servers. If you are looking for an extremely high speed solution, you might want to look elsewhere but with the future addition of Linux and Mac support, the practicality of the NetDisk and the performance we experienced, we feel the NetDisk would make a great addition to any network. We will definitely be using it in our office for quite some time.

Pros

Small Footprint
Sleek look
Competitive price
Low Noise
Aggregate and RAID modes
USB and Ethernet modes
Hot Swappable
Easy to set up and use

Cons

No power switch
Not best option for personal portable storage

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Page 1: Introduction
Page 2: A Closer Look
Page 3: Setting up the NetDisk
Page 4: Performance
Page 5: Issues / Conclusion

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3 User Comments

1 - Posted by Kurtis on January 4, 2004 - 12:31 am

Ximeta’s NetDisk is not only a USB 2.0 accessible hard drive, it is also accessible to a computer or an entire network via a 100Mbps Ethernet port. Is this an external hard drive or pocket sized file server?

http://www.thetechlounge.com/review.php?directory=...

2 - Posted by zero_seek on June 15, 2004 - 6:50 pm

I'm actually using their new 3.03 multi-write drivers, and it is working great for me with 3 machines (2 winxp and 1 win2k machine). I had a problem upgrading, but after talking to ximeta support, they sent me a cleanup utility to install everything from scratch and that solved everything...all in all a great drive and great support...

-steve

3 - Posted by Guest on August 14, 2004 - 1:45 pm

I bought this product with high expectations. These were not met.
1) It is not a server, so it has to be run with special software on any computer that access it (assuming using ethernet)
2) The one I got, and the one a friend of mine got (at the same time) have never worked.
3) I sent mine back for warranty replacement. I bought the unit end of april, and have still not received a replacement. It is now middle of August. I am giving up on getting my money back.
My advice, do not buy products from this company.

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