Western Digital My Book World Edition 2 TB Network Attached Storage WDH1NC20000N (White)

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	Price: $299.99
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Features - Automatic and continuous backup for all the computers on your network - Centralize all your family¿s digital content - Best-in-class performance ¿ cutting-edge technologies to deliver high performance read and write speeds ideal for the most demanding users. - Built-in media server for streaming music, photos and movies to any DLNA certified multimedia device such as Playstation 3, Xbox 360, wireless digital picture frames, and connected audio receivers. DLNA 1.5 & UPnP certified. - iTunes server support ¿ Centralize your music collection and stream to a Mac or Windows PC using iTunes software. Product Description Simplified set up and best-in-class performance make My Book World Edition Home Network Storage the easy choice for centralizing data and backing up your home computers. Connect the drive to your network router and you¿re up and running in minutes. Use the included back up software to protect your family¿s PCs with automatic and continuous backup plans. Store all your digital media in one central location so everyone in the family can have access to it. Compatible with both Mac and Windows files. Customer Reviews As good as it can be Date: 2009-03-06 | Rating: 5 When I saw this, I got pretty excited because I'd been looking for these features and they all came together in one drive. Setup: The setup was easy and quick. Not a lengthy user manual but enough to get you going and more info on the disc. It asks for a driver update when introduced to new machines but I haven't seen a need for it after connecting through Windows Network (although it works with Macs as well, not just Windows). I haven't done much with the remote access but it looks easy to use so far. Capabilities: It does everything I needed (i.e. let me get to my music, movies and pictures in one place). I watch a lot of downloaded movies on my Xbox 360 so it's nice to be able to put them on the big screen in the living room or open one from a laptop in bed without having to move the file or drive or have it take up space on both machines. One of the big pluses beyond having your music/ movies available from any computer in the house is that you also improve your computers by freeing up that space - especially with desktops. I used to have gigabytes full of music on my desktop and laptop but now I have a lot more free space on my desktop so I don't need a new internal drive for that to keep it fresh. Performance: It runs on ethernet and wifi so be careful with reviews on speed. USB connections run about the same on every machine but networking depends on your computer, your wifi standard and your router. If you have a fast machine, a good router and preferably N-WiFi, you'll get good speed. Of course, ethernet connection is really fast but I use wireless N and it's not quite the same but it gets the job done. Speed is only an issue for large file transfer but not actual usage. I haven't seen any hiccups streaming and watching movies (~700MB each) or listening to music. Price: Some of my friends have NAS systems that house up to 8TB and run about $1,000+ but I'm not there yet. This one is great for the money - especially considering the price of a 1TB alone and the additional features. Improvements: I wish file transfers were a little faster - I know that that depends on my router and computer as much as the drive, but you can't blame a guy for wanting a little more! The write up covers a lot of the specs and details on what it can/can't do. This is just my view of the product. Hope it helps! Suprisingly versatile Date: 2009-03-14 | Rating: 5 I bought this expecting just a simple, no-frills NAS device, but WDC really packed a lot of functionality into this thing. You can access your files via HTTP, FTP, CIFS (Windows shares), or SFTP, it comes with media server software ("TwonkyMedia") built in, and best of all, it gives you full access via SSH to the Linux-based OS running under the hood. The amount of tinkering potential this little thing has is a power user's dream. Very fast, very easy to install, just works!!! Date: 2009-03-05 | Rating: 5 This is my third Western Digital external drive, but my first ethernet network drive. It works great, all my Macs can utilize the MyBook World Edition at the same time and I love that even my PlayStation 3 can also wirelessly open files (music, photos, videos) from it. The 1TB is so much space to work with and I love how quiet it is compared to my old Ximeta NetDisk. The other thing which is great is that I was able to connect another external drive to this drive via USB port in the back. Western Digital to hard drives is what Apple is to computers--quality!! Easier than using Apple products Date: 2009-05-08 | Rating: 5 The package arrived on a weekday and I mentally allocated at least one day of the following weekend, if not two, to get this thing up and running. It turned out that the most difficult part was running an ethernet cable to the top of the shelf where my router was located. Within minutes, the box was up and accessible from my Mac laptop. The Windows XP machine needed software installation but that too was a breeze. Within hours, my entire photo and iTunes music collection was moved onto this box. iTunes on other machines can see this as a shared music collection - without me having to do anything. Love it. I'm yet to work on having this backed up to an external drive. Overall, it's been a great experience. The way all things should work! Date: 2009-06-30 | Rating: 5 I've been in the IT field since 1993 and have worked with a wide variety of products. So, I speak from experience when I say that this product is EXCELLENT! Extremely easy and intuitive setup, and it works flawlessly as one would expect. It's also extremely quiet. One drawback: I'm not sure if this is due to purchasing the drive on Amazon, but it arrived with no installation CD, manual, or backup software. However, I easily obtained all three from WD's web site which is very easy to navigate and I was up and running in no time.