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The WDA4NC40000N 4TB ShareSpace Network Storage System with RAID, a capacity up to 4TB, and a space-saving footprint gives you all the benefits of a big time data center without the need for a big time IT department. Perfect for centralizing and sharing data on a small office or home network. This small-footprint four-bay system takes up very little space and provides plenty of storage to go around. High-speed access, Ethernet connectivity provides data transfer rates up to 1,000 MB/s when used in a GigE network. Gigabit networking and transfer rates are five to six times faster than other network storage systems. This performance is comparable to USB 2.0 direct-attached storage. RAID capability offers multiple RAID configurations for data protection and speed, RAID 0 (Striped), RAID 1 (Mirrored), and RAID 5. Remote access software allows you to access your files anywhere, anytime using MioNet remote access services from WD.
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- Box Contents - Network storage system with RAID, Ethernet cable, 2 hard drive mounting rails, AC adapter, Software CD, and Quick Install Guide- Compatibility - Windows 2000, XP, Vista, Mac OS X 10.4.11+, and 10.5.2+
- Dimensions - Height 7.73 x Depth 6.30 x Width 7.84 (196.2x160.1x199.2mm)
- Weight - 10.78 pounds (4.9 kg)
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By D. Lockwald (Minnisota, USA)
This is more a warning based on the total failure of Western Digital in this product then it is a review.
I purchased a WD Sharespace as a nice home server. It worked well streaming video out over my home net using NFS. Then it failed.
Now, I've been using computers for years. So computer failure after one month is not a huge issue. Happens to the best products. Call up and receive an RMA'd system. Things are going well. Now you have to know two things. One, my system was dead wouldn't get on the network. Two, it is a totally headless system so when it won't even take an IP address from your DHCP it is a brick. So I take my new system, plug it in, configure it. Works great, things are still going well. Put my old drives into the new system so I can save all my data. Now the new system acts just like the old system, curious. Put new drives in old system...system works......seems WD DIDN'T make the firmware and system embedded. It's on the drives! The drives die.....no system.......now I'm worried. Call WD support (ah talking to ESL script readers, THE BEST!) They inform me that nothing is supported and for a lovely fee they will be happy to send me to a data recovery company.
So now the parts you need to know. WD doesn't sell parts for this. They do not have anyway to get the data off in case of drive failure. If anything happens you are dead in the water and not even getting a totally new WD will get your data back. I had assumed that this was and imbedded system with 4 raid 5 drives. Failure of a drive just means that I can recover using the embedded OS. This is not the case, Failure of 1 drive means that you can rebuild the RAID using the OS on the drives themselves but if anything happens beyond that your toast.
If I was an owner (which I am) I'd sell the sharespace double quick and just get a raid card and some drives. A little more messy but when your system fails then you have parts and options. Something you don't have with WD.
By J. Shelton (cincinnati, ohio United States)
System works well for my need, media server, storage. the only issue i have is that the usb auto backup feature does not work with all usb drives, not even with same vendor.
works well with my xbox 360 streaming media content.
By Todd Singleton (Jamestown NY)
I initially had no problem with the device but after about a week, the Sharespace shut me out! I could not access the storage and tech support couldn't seem to figure out why. I'm sure with some more exploration, I may have figured it out but after 10 days of trying, it was an expensive "puzzle" to keep around.
By charper (New Hampshire, USA)
I purchased this item with the understanding (through the reviews) that you need some technical proficiency to troubleshoot if any issues crop up. I only had this item two weeks before I ended up returning it due to network issues-initially, it was an intermittent problem that I attributed to my lack of understanding of networks and proper settings, etc. However, it eventually failed to communicate at all, and a friend of mine who is an IT professional and experienced in networks did some troubleshooting with the drive on his own system and came to the conclusion that the networking hardware built into the ShareSpace was faulty.
Overall, I agree with the performance issues noted--I don't know if this would have been a show-stopper, as it was only an issue during initial file transfer. I also didn't have the drive long enough to explore its performance as a media server. Troubleshooting was not much fun, and the documentation finally led me to 'return to manufacturer' as the only solution. Getting data back off the system I am leaving to my IT professional friend who helped me troubleshoot--I learned from this experience that it is definitely a good idea to give any new drive a chance to prove its stability before committing the data to it!
By Edward Koen (SAN DIEGO, CA)
Excellent - NO issues what so ever to date - been over 30 days since installing/configuring. Easy, quiet, and responsive
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