Network Hard Drive Explanation

By Andreas Lee

Technology always makes everything easier for us, isn’t it? One of the tools which can make all of our works done more easily is called network hard drive. Similar to external hard drive as storage media, but like its name network hard drive, this tool allows you to share files to multiple computers in the same network, which means other computers can access your data which is stored in it.

Sharing videos, photos, mp3, and pictures with family is a fun activity in this technology era. You do not need to save data on flash drive first or external hard drive before giving it to your family members. Just save your files on network hard drive so your files can be accessed by any computer as long as those computers are still in the same network.

To start a small business, does not need to spend a lot of money to buy a server considering complicated installation and maintenance. Just buy a network hard drive, and you can share files with other computers in your office. For small business, its better to buy a pretty fair capacity, 1 TB or 2 TB is large enough.

At home, I’m using ‘Maxtor Shared Storage II 1 TB Single Drive’ for sharing files, which allows you to create your family members personal accounts using EasyManage software, and it has a large enough storage capacity to accommodate your photo and video files. I’m choosing the large capacity since larger photos and videos data size also require a larger capacity.

Maxtor Shared Storage II 1 TB Single Drive

network hard drive

Network hard drive which its target markets is for small business, support for Windows and Macintosh, provides the needed performance for sharing files, fills up your needs to have access from multiple computers at the same time. Do you worry that it is getting hot if used too long? Don’t worry. I’m using this network hard drive for more than 12 hours a day, and it’s just a little warm when I touch it. For extra care, I put a small fan besides it when used.

Shared storage drives, Ethernet cable, Maxtor EasyManage CD, Maxtor backup and easy manage software, user’s guide CD, power adapter, and 1 year limited warranty are included in the box. For installation you can see on user’s guide, just basic network hard drive installation, easy to understand. Understanding how to use it through user’s guide is important before you start using it.

Specs

• Capacity : 1 TB
• Rotation speed : 7200 rpm
• Buffer cache size : 16 MB
• Weight : 4 lbs
• AC Voltage : 100-240 VAC
• Minimum PC requirements : Pentium III, 500 MHz equivalent processor or higher, Internet Explorer 6.0 or higher (for management interface), Windows 2000/XP/Mediacenter, Internet connection for system updates, and 128MB RAM

Before you spend your money on it, make sure your computer’s specification fulfills the PC requirements.

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