Ximeta NDU10-160 NetDisk 160 GB Portable External NDAS Hard Drive Review
October 12th, 2009
Ximeta NDU10-160 NetDisk 160 GB Portable External NDAS Hard Drive Review from lew lwndw123. Too limited and proprietary to be useful, I have 2 disks. I have never had problems, such as hanging OS, the need to reboot, etc. I performed numerous “stress tests” like copying large number of files from disk to disk simultaneously playing mp3 on all attached computers. No problems.
However, there are some things I don’t like:
1. NDAS protocol “pokes” the network continously. Each computer that has NDAS driver installed talks to all other computers all the time. LEDs on switch blink like crazy – I have 8 computers connected to the network,
2. The above is not that bad, unles there is a slow WiFi (i.e. “b”) connecting some computers. I have 2 laptops connected through WiFi”b”. These computers also “poke” the network. The effect is that even I write to XIMETA drive from computer connected to wired network, the write operation is slowed down by the existence of WiFi connections. If laptops are ON, write operation is about 100 times slower then when laptops ar OFF. The remedy is to unmount NDAS drives on laptops, and mount them only when needed,
3. All disk space is visible to all computers connected to the network and there is no way to establih more sophisticated access rights.
These problems can limit the usefulness of XIMETA drives for large network with low speed components. Otherwise, this is excellent solution for keeping mp3, video and jpg files and daily backups
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