LaCie Ethernet Disk mini 500 GB ( 300951U )

Average customer rating: 3.5

Excellent, easy to use, great price!!
Noisy
Great Product, BUT its XP installation was NOT straight forward
Excellent Network Hard Drive - Tricky implementation under Windows
Smooth as Silk

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LaCie Ethernet Disk mini 500 GB ( 300951U )

Manufacturer: Lacie
Product Group: CE
Binding: Electronics
ASIN: B0009K3IGE

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Product Description

Designed for small office and home office users, this external hard drive offers the distinct style of d2 with the benefit of Ethernet networking at a price that matches your budget. Plug in the user-friendly Ethernet Disk mini and instantly share documents, important data or photos from any networked computer. Connect the Ethernet Disk mini through USB for use as a personal storage device. A web-based administration tool allows for simple settings of permissions to control user access to files. The original, sturdy metal design can be stackable or rack mountable and is easily portable for shuttling data between home and office. Interface Transfer Rate - Ethernet - 100 Mb/s Network Setting - Client DHCP for auto IP assignment Manual configuration through web-based administration tool Dimensions - 1U Form Factor Width 19.38 x Height 12.1 x Depth 2.13 / 492 x 306 x 54 mm Special Features - Windows XP Embedded Shared between up to 25 users at the same time (Windows, Mac, Linux and Unix) Firewall Application using IPsec Box Content - Fast Ethernet 10/100 Cable, Power Supply cable, Silicon feets for stand-alone use, LaCie Utilities CD-ROM with online Manual & IP Configurator, Quick Install Guide Warranty - 1 Year Limited Warranty

Customer Reviews:

Excellent, easy to use, great price!!.......2007-05-03

We purchased this device for a small business network with 15+ computers. All our files were on one computer when we had only a few computers and then we quickly outgrew that setup. We recieved quotes from people about a file server in the $2000+ price range. This Lacie was an AMAZINGLY good find.

It was a lot less expensive and for our simple needs it works beautifully. It has only one button (Power On) and you just plug in the ethernet right in the back. We copied the files from the computer to this drive. That was it. All the computers could see it right away. The web interface was very self explanatory. You add a user, then you go into shares an define what users you want to have access to it. Setup of the actual device was less than 5 minutes.

What is even nicer is that we can set up multiple shares (folders) and give specific access to certain people (users). We can even set up read only access for files that we don't want users to modify.

For a quick, simple, effortless and inexpensive solution, I give this 5 stars.

Noisy.......2007-04-30

Very very noisy. The fan seems to be on full at all times.
The admin interface is very poor.

The manual has errors. Admin is actually admin. ie case senstive.
The last time I buy a LaCie.

Great Product, BUT its XP installation was NOT straight forward.......2007-04-24

I agree completely with Mr. Spark and Mr. A.T. This is a great product, and the price-performance ratio is just excellent.

I admire the construction of the disk itself too, as it looks to be made against a nuke attack, with its heavy-duty (literally HEAVY, I mean) case construction and all. Well worth the money - and it is not much for the storage amount it is providing.

The only problem is, if you are an Windows XP user, the installation will NOT be straight-forward.

I was lucky to have read the advice of Mr. A.T. in his review, as by following the factory documentation, to try and make use of Windows Networking to do it, it never happened (at least in my case).

I struggled with the XP installation, despite I followed each and every step of the way. Eventually, after ready Mr. A.T.'s review, I made use of the IP Configurator software that comes with the Disk (or you can download it from the LaCie website), to first of all get hold of the IP address of the Disk Mini. With the IP address, I can make use of HTTP to get in using the Admin account. Also with the IP address, I was able to make use of Windows Explorer to Map the disk as one of my Network Drives.

When mapping the Network Drive via Windows Explorer, do not browse, as you will not be able to find the Disk (called by default as EDmini, as you can see also from the Admin of the Disk when logging in via HTTP), but instead, type underneath the Drive Name something like \\xxx.xxx.xx.xx\share, whereby the xxx.xxx.xx.xx is the IP address of your Ehternet Disk Mini (found via the IP Configurator), click OK, and wallah, you have defined your LaCie Ethernet Disk Mini as your Network Drive. Just a breeze.

And once it is defined, it works like a breeze.

All my PC's can see and share the contents of this Disk, and moreover, with the help of a little mirror software, I can peridically back up all files of my different PC's onto the Disk. It works great!

Thank you Mr. A.T.!!

Excellent Network Hard Drive - Tricky implementation under Windows.......2007-03-12

I have only had the LaCie for a month but so far there have been no problems and the price/performance can't be beaten. The speed is what you would expect (i.e. fast with USB 2.0 and acceptable over a wireless network). The ability to be able to have a central storage spot for all my photos, backups and other files is great- I would reccomend this to anybody considering it.

The only problem is implementation under Windows XP. The bundled instructions just didn't work on three different XP boxes (they suggest using Windows networking). The only way to get it to work is to find the ip address with the 'IP configurator' program and then map the drive using windows explorer. After you do this it works just fine. It was a breeze to set up with my Macbook pro.

Smooth as Silk.......2007-01-10

This compact mini was exactly what we needed to use as a server for our photography studio. All computers can pull from it with no noticible slow down. It was the smoothest install and network to our 6 computers. I will buy another very soon to use as a backup to the first.

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