Return to the frontpage Read all the latest news-items on one page Download drivers, demo's, patches, tools in our huge file-section Our game reviews Our articles and guides Our latest hardware reviews and tests Return to homepage Be one of the 150.000 users discussing in our forums Search specific things in our news and articles
 
 You are here: Home » Hardware reviews » Goodies and Gadgets


 XiMeta 80 Gb NetDisk review

 By: Hilbert Hagedoorn Edited by  | Published: August 27, 2003  


Features and NDAS
Offered in the flavors 80 GB, 120 GB and 160 GB this device is extremely convenient for portable storage. The possibilities are of course virtually endless, think about files storage for MP3, photo's, Movies or whatever you need on that external HD. It doesn't stop there as through that Ethernet connection your NetDisk will be recognized as Local HD by all PC within your Network. You can also think of this product as backup device or secure HD that holds your data. At the end of the day you can unplug it and keep it in a safe or take it along with you.

NDAS
Of course an additional huge advantage of the NetDisk is the fact that it utilizes the very fast Ethernet 100/10 Mbit/sec and USB 2.0 standards. This by itself assures you of the fact that reading/writing data is fast. The product can connect directly towards the LAN/Ethernet as it's using XiMeta's NDAS technology. NDAS is short for Network Direct Attached Storage. NDAS acts as an independent  local and a shared disk that can be used by any PC on the network. Something that we already know from RAID controllers we can also see with multiple NetDisks, it can be combined into one large drive, multiple storage units, giving the storage system expandability. Traditional network storage systems that have been widely used are NAS and SAN. Since these traditional storage systems can only operate subordinately to the server or host, sharing and expanding can be very inconvenient.


Looks like something from the XMen movie eh ?



 


 

Pages (7): « previous 1 [2] 3 4 next » ... Last »


 

previous page

homepage

 

Check lowest prices on these products in Guru3D.com price guide, among the available categories: Retail & OEM Processors - Video Cards - Motherboards - Memory - Soundcards - Hard Drives - Monitors - Printers - DVDs - CD-RWs - PDAs and more !

Copyright (c) 1997-2011 Hilbert Hagedoorn, All Rights Reserved. - Legal disclaimer/notice
The Guru of 3D, Guru3D, the Hardware guru, HardwareGuru and 3D Guru are the trademark ownership of Hilbert Hagedoorn.



  Site Navigation
   Home
   Latest News
   Submit News
   Hardware Reviews
   Articles & Guides
   VGA Charts 
   Game Reviews
   Forums
   Download Section
   Guru3D Price Grabber
   Guru Price Grabber UK
   Guru PC Buyers Guide
   Guru3D Stereo Section
   Guru3D Clan
   Guru3D Folding@Home
   Contact us
   Join our news-letter
   Follow us on Twitter new
   Set as Homepage
 

  Affiliates

RivaTuner
nVHardPage
3DMark Vantage
SiSoft SANDRA
AfterBurner OC tool
nVTempLogger
ATI Tray Tools

Guru3D Rig of the Month
  Links
Your company ?
Registry Booster 2011
Your company ?
  Downloads
NVIDIA GeForce drivers
ATI Catalyst drivers
Benchmarks & Demo's
Game Demo's
NVIDIA Chipset drivers
Intel Chipset drivers