[ale] maxtor shared storage II

[Greg Freemyer]

On Dec 11, 2007 11:43 AM,  <dmcnash at charter.net> wrote:
> Does anyone have any experience with this NAS product?
> How slick a device is this?
>
> It runs Linux and the tarball and toolchain are downloadable from maxtor.
> Anyone hacked on this?
>
> The price has come down from about $900 to $400, perhaps making it cost effective vs. building my own NAS box.
>
> Product Page: http://www.maxtorsolutions.com/en/catalog/MSS_II_Dual
>
> Info on internals: http://www.tomsguide.com/us/maxtor-ssii-review,review-800-8.html

I bought one a while ago.  I did not try hacking it, just using it.

Did not like it much. The only usable interface is the NIC.  ie. The
USB port is for expansion only.

iirc, when you hook it up to another PC, you had to install special
software (drivers?) to be able to see the drive.  I think I only tried
it with a Windows client.

Anyway, it was the last NIC only external storage I plan to buy.  It
was just too inflexible.

Greg
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