| | |  | Access Points | Home » » » » » » NETGEAR SC101 Storage Central | | | | | | | Description: | | With Storage Central you can add the capacity you need to store, share and back up your valuable digital content—-music, games, photos, videos, and office documents—instantly, easily, and securely, all with the simplicity of your C:drive. IDE drives sold separately. Storage Central is easy to setup and install. Just slide in one or two 3.5” IDE disk drives of any capacity; connect Storage Central to any wired or wireless router or switch from any vendor, then configure with Smart Wizard install assistant. Now you’re ready to access files from any PC on your network, as a simple letter drive. Storage Central automatically stores and duplicates your important digital content such as music, games, photos, and more. Storage Central ensures that no one can access your files but you and delivers the utmost privacy of your valuable data content. With Storage Central, you can expand outgrown storage volumes, and add more capacity whenever you need it—instantly and easily. Storage Central makes real-time copies of your valuable data, ensuring maximum protection against data loss. Additionally, storage can be expanded indefinitely, keeping pace with all your future storage needs. SmartSync™ Pro advanced backup software is included. Storage Central features True SAN technology, an advanced network storage technology. True SANs provide block-level data transfers, delivering sustained performance much faster than low-cost NAS devices. Only NETGEAR Storage Central is True SAN, providing advanced data center technology in an affordable, easy-to-use package. | | | Features: | |
• Network storage device lets you share up to two hard drives over a network
• 10/100 Mbps ethernet connection for speedy data transmission
• Allows for drive mirroring or spanning
• Backed by a 1-year warranty
• Device measures 4.25 x 5.66 x 6.75 inches (WxHxD)
| | | Product Details: | | | Product Length:
| 10.0 inches | | Product Width:
| 9.0 inches | | Product Height:
| 9.0 inches | | Product Weight:
| 3.09 pounds | | Package Length:
| 9.0 inches | | Package Width:
| 8.5 inches | | Package Height:
| 7.8 inches | | Package Weight:
| 5.5 pounds | | Average Customer Rating:
|  based on 169 reviews |
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| Refurbished | |
| $34.95 | Refurbished | |
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 Do NOT buy this productOct 28, 2009
The product works as advertised, that's not the problem. The problem is what's not advertised. Basically, it uses a proprietary system, so you need to install software in whatever computer you want to access it. The drivers are only for Windows XP (some say it's worked for them on Vista with some registry changes and what not). And it definitely doesn't work in Windows 7 or any 64 bit version of any OS. So basically, this product is as obsolete as obsolete goes. Netgear abandoned any support for this unit a few years ago, so don't even bother contacting them. It's also very slow.
 Only thing broken is the usersnewbness on how to use, or look for.Jun 23, 2009
I have 4 of these in my home, each has 2 Seagate 500gig hdds, and I have yet to come into any problems at all with mine.
The first thing you need to do upon getting it is open the case, for almost all 4 shower up with either the IDE or PSU cable off, or hanging on the last needle, giving me errors left and right about how netgear 1 no longer has a letter assigned to it. Once all cables and stuff is plugged back in where it should be nice and tight, Ive had my 4 going on a year and have yet to have a single problem with any of them.
The only downside, is it is slow transfering files to it.
A plus, big plus, is that because they assign a drive letter, I can put on them my kids games that dont need a cd to run on it, and can be installed to that one drive, and all the other users can play that game too, without having to install anything, just click and play.
It also sure beats the need to keep on a dedicated, power sucking, network PC to share files with. These have little 12 watt power adapters, and they even spin down when not in use, so youre saving your hdd, from spinning 24/7, creating heat, and use when not using it so your prolonging the life of your drive and saving money.
My last problem is QC, whey theyoverlooked so many of these with the wires hardly pushed on or off, causing these GREAT storage devices to get a bad rap, but because so I was able to pick up my 4 as refurbished, for half the cost of new.
But there just are a ton of pluses when you get it working correctly, just having therm show up as a drive letter on every pc they have a driver installed for, opens a world of possibilities that you cant have making a dedicated server pc. I will never give mine up till I have the funds for a gigabit unit. Movies, games, music, all from a little tiny drive that can be used without bogging down the main pc, is probably the biggest plus with them
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Don't even go there.....Jun 07, 2009
I have been in technology since 1977 and this is probably the single worst product that I have ever seen. Okay, there was a D-Link Media Extender that was pretty bad...but that was years ago. I have owned the SC101 for three years now and am at the end of a frustrating two days of trying to get the device to work again (it did for a while, happily eating up all of my valuable files) and hopefully recover some of my critical files that I backed up there. If you doubt what I say, just go and read some of the headaches that people have on the Netgear forums -- it doesn't have to be like this. My advice: Avoid this product AT ALL COSTS.
Feeling ScrewedApr 13, 2009
NOT FOR LINUX. Not many reviews were available when I bought this device and I'm paying the price of that now. It requires the software to be installed on every computer that will use it and the software refuses to install. It even tells you that it has not passed windows testing. Has no web interface so the screwed up software is the only option.
Poorly Designed and Poorly SupportedApr 02, 2009
The SC101 is based on a proprietary protocol, so when it craps out on you (note when, not if, because it's so poorly designed) the only option you have to retrieve your data is by buying a new SC101, which you'll just want to throw away after recovering your data. When it does work, the attachment to your PC is sketchy, at best, and the communication rate is slow. Save your money and buy a standard NAS device. I am.
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