I purchased this network drive to link three pc's, one running XP, another Vista and the last a mac. The software was buggy on the XP machine from the start. It did not let me open the Retrospect software. It would just hang there for ever and I would have to manually close it. I spent hours trying to get this to work. I could still link to the web interface but that did not help with the settings and adjustments that you may need to make (I know I did).
It was slow but that was not the biggest issue. This unit gives a off a lot of noise. The fan keeps humming and it does not ever seem to go into a stand by when not n use. Add that to the software issue and I could not live with it. The warranty and help desk is a joke for this type of unit. Online live chat is your only live support unless you pay a premium for the phone support. I tried the online chat and it was slow and time consuming to say the least. And this unit only has a 1 year warranty. Now with the fan never stopping and the unit not able to go into stand by, what do you think of a 1 year warranty?
Luckily I was able to return this to Amazon and purchased another model from another manufacturer.
I would say that if you get this to work it is a fair unit for network use at a good price. But I believe that there are a few other units available that do what this does and better. The old saying "you get what you pay for" may apply here.
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Iomega Home Media 1 TB Network Attached Storage 34337.
