Jefferson Graham from USAToday looks at NAS devices produced by Western Digital (WDC), Iomega and Seagate (STX) that appeal to different audiences: premium, budget and small business:
“They look like hard drives, but they act unlike any hard drives you’ve ever seen. In the industry, they’re referred to as Network Attached Storage (NAS) units. But I’d call them Digital Media Control Centers.
They’re hard drives that plug into your network router to push music, video and photos to the computers in your home or office. They also can back up your data, stream music from your iTunes program and make the data available remotely.
These drives cost twice as much as those that can’t be shared across the network. But you get a lot of value from their ability to back up, store and share your ever-growing collection of photos, music and video files.”
The review looks at the functionalities, improvements over previous versions, and prices of
- Western Digital’s My Book World Edition II
- Seagate’s BlackArmor NAS 220
- Iomega networked drives
The whole review can be read here (USA Today – 29/07/2009)
