We got this drive based off it's price point. Let me tell you, you get what you pay for! I have had to reinstall the firmware three times... and if you don't install the firmware before it errors out, you have to reboot the unit. Also be VERY VERY careful about filling this puppy up. If you get near the limit, it will not remount the drives! Buffalo's Tech support has been atrocious on this! We've also had the same problem with the grotesque connect speed. We replaced the network cable it came with since it is obviously a 10/100 cable, and still got no where near the performance you should from a gigabit port. We lost 1.5 Tb to this beast! If you're looking for NAS on the cheap, do yourself a favor and go with Intel's variety. You have to get your own HD's... but man o' man is it rock solid... and has two gigabit ports.
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We got this drive based off it's price point. Let me tell you, you get what you pay for! I have had to reinstall the firmware three times... and if you don't install the firmware before it errors out, you have to reboot the unit. Also be VERY VERY careful about filling this puppy up. If you get near the limit, it will not remount the drives! Buffalo's Tech support has been atrocious on this! We've also had the same problem with the grotesque connect speed. We replaced the network cable it came with since it is obviously a 10/100 cable, and still got no where near the performance you should from a gigabit port. We lost 1.5 Tb to this beast! If you're looking for NAS on the cheap, do yourself a favor and go with Intel's variety. You have to get your own HD's... but man o' man is it rock solid... and has two gigabit ports.