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LaCie Ethernet Disk review

7.3

Editors' Rating

Very Good

6.8

Members' Rating

Good

Typical price:£ 329

Verdict

The Ethernet Disk offers affordable network storage in a sleek rack-mountable casing. Performance isn’t great, but given its target audience this probably isn’t a show-stopper. Expansion is an issue though... Read Full Review.

Pros

  • Good value
  • Easy to set up
  • Flexible
  • Nicely designed

Cons

  • Restricted expansion opportunities
  • USB 1.1 rather than 2.0
  • Unix support restricted to Samba

Key Specs

RAID levels: none
Network / host interface: 10/100 Ethernet

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Member Opinion

6.8

Average Member Rating

Good

7 Members have reviewed this product

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Anonymous

Anonymous

Cannot recover without losing all data!!

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6.5

Good


Anonymous

Anonymous

Works out of the box!

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8.0

Excellent


Roger Sinden

Roger Sinden

No restore function so who would be mad enough to use it as server?

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6.5

Good


Steve Linford

Steve Linford

Does not work with Mac OS X files

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4.5

Mediocre


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