Netgear SC101

I have had 2 of these on my network for about 5 years. One went wrong when I tried to be clever but a Netgear tec connected to my pc and corrected it and they both have given me good service otherwise. I have run XP and Vista and about to do that Windows 7 thing (that I designed by stealing ideas from Apple). Really good value for money for RAID 1 device.

Cons

They dont record lock so dont put your database on it. Its only 100mbit which can be a bit slow. You cant assign a drive letter (so cant map a drive) and when you boot your DHCP server boot the SC101 as the first device so it gets first dibs at the IP pool. Check drive compatibility because they dont all work

Fast way to share data in the home.

MUST use new firmware from Netgear site in the "downloads" section.

I have not had a problem since this upgrade.

Very good unit.

Cheap but as almost allways, you get what u pay for. Unstable, some times one of the computers in my network wouldn't map the drive (probably software problem but theres no update avalable).

Problem when setting up the disks upon installation.

I don't like the whole ide whith the software mapping technique. I rather use some FTP program instead.

Cant take disks out and use them anywhere else if you experience a hardware fault. Software updates nag every time starting management interface, then often unable to connect to web site to update. I bought one of these when they were introduced and the software on the supplied CD simply didn't work. After attempting convesation with far eastern call centre learnt that updated software and drivers were required from Netgear web site. How a company like Netgear, who generally produce very good kit, let this runt escape from the development labs, amazes me.

I can't recommend this Netgear product due to my experience with this SC101 and hours of lost effort, first to see the unit from my computers, then trying to get into the unit to restore backed up but unavailable data to machines on my LAN.

I have twenty years plus of experience with Windows and am still a novice -- well protected from practical solutions by proprietary software that doesn't work -- and can't be fixed?

I'd be tickled to have someone prove me wrong... But then, again, what's a year of frustration worth to Netgear? or Windows, for that matter.

I'm considered by many in my Front Range PC Users Group as verging on expert and am a licensed consultant by profession. I do not recommend the Netgear SC101.

This devices performance is the opposite to my reason for purchase. I wanted a reliable network systems back up device. I got an extremely flaky unreliable but attractive space heater. I would firmly recommend a USB interface for the home user. As a reasonable network attached storage device is just NOT offered here. I personally do not recommend the Netgear SC101.

I bought NetGear SC101 two years ago after reading about cost effective NAS storage devices.

After installation of two 250gb disk drives and connecting the SC101 storage to the home network, I started storing family photos, music and video on the device.

Several weeks later the SC101 refused to map the drives and after numerous attempts to find a solution on the web I gave up to my disappointment.

Recently, to my embarrassment, my wife asked me about family photos. I decided to give credit to miracle of technology supplied by netGear

None whatsoever. Highly problematic for me... do not recommend

Netgear SC101. Highly unreliable in my opinion, over time loses config, meaning you lose your data. Windows Vista uninstall causes BSOD. No known fix (affects the SCSI drivers, causing boot errors). Therefore I do not recommend this SAN.

This device is not worth the money I spent for me due to my experience. Windows Only. Attempting to install the magic SCSI driver on either on my Windows XP Pro Machines causes a Blue Screen of Death and a safe-mode reboot to remove the driver. After borrowing an XP Home Laptop I goto the Software Manager but have been unable to create a partition. Do not recommend Netgear SC101!

After a year it is pretty hard to find anything good to say about the SC101. If it worked it would have many good points, but if it doesn't all you've got is an expensive paperweight.

Pretty surprising for Netgear, I usually like their stuff.

I have 450gb, of which I can see - today - 170GB. The rest is away with the fairies - like whoever signed this off for release to an unsuspecting public. I continually need to reset, re-install, re-attach something. Perhaps sacrificing a chicken over it would make it reliable since nothing else has so far.

Although it hasn't actually permanently lost any data on me yet, nothing on this earth would make me trust it with stuff I hadn't backed up elsewhere.

It mucked up once to often today. The disks are coming out, and the SC101 is for the skip.

Sorry Netgear, the best thing you could do is withdraw this product. It's a real reputation killer in my opinion anyway.