Review: Lightning Round: Newertech miniStack NAS


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The Gadget: Newertech’s miniStack NAS, which lets up to 20 people access 750GB of data over a 10/100 Ethernet connection.
The Verdict: Mediocre speeds (~6MB/s), quirky drive formatting, limited sharing options, and the mandatory use of their drive mounting utility means this is more suitable as a network drive to share smaller chunks of data rather than a device to use for moving around big files.
The Catch:

Only one computer can be in write mode, and it needs to be formatted as FAT32 for Macs and PCs to both be able to access it, which takes a big chunk out of your performance.
The Performance: Filling up that 750GB (about 699GB when formatted) when sending data at 6MB/s means you’re going to be sitting there for quite a while. You mount the drive like a normal drive on your Windows and Mac using their drive utility application, which is usable but not […]

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This entry (permalink) was posted on Monday, September 10th, 2007 at 10:57 AM by and categorized in Networking, Network Storage, Newertech, newertech ministack, Storage, Nas, ministack nas, Hard Drive, Lightning, lightning round, ministack, Review.



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