Iomega Home Media Network Drive3/17/2021
Discussion threads can be closed at any time at our discretion.For about 130 for the 500GB version (or 230 for the 1TB version), the Iomega Home Media Network Drive is a sound buy for any home user.Iomega NAS servers are known to be easy to use, and the Home Media Network Drive is the companys easiest so far.Getting it up is a simple task, as is customizing the more advanced settings.
Its good performance and support for USB hard drives and printers round out its merits. If youre looking for more advanced features, check out the Editors Choice winning Synology DS107 or the Western Digital My Book World Edition. Choose carefully though, the device is not designed to let you to replace the hard drive later if you want to increase its capacity. The drive includes a Gigabit Ethernet port and one USB 2.0 port, located on the back. The USB port can be used to host a printer or an external hard drive. Also located on the back is a very small fan that, unfortunately, produces a high-pitched sound when spinning. However, it only spins when the drive gets hot, which is only when during heavy loads. Setting up the drive was as simple as installing the included Home Network Media Storage and EMC Retrospect HD Back Up applications. Once finished, the NAS servers share folders are mapped automatically to your computer and are ready to be used. The Home Media Network Drive comes with five default share folders including photo, backup, music, movies, and public. By default, these folders are set to be publicly accessible by anyone; however, you can use the Home Network Media Storage application to launch the Web interface of the NAS server to further customize the security settings. ![]() This lets iTunes-enabled and DLNA-enabled clients automatically see and play the share media from the NAS server. Overall, the Iomega Home Media Network Drive is the most easy-to-use NAS server weve yet tested. Getting it up and running was a simple process, and most people with basic computer knowledge should have the same experience. ![]() The Home Media Network Drive has a very interesting way to limit users access to the share folder. Each share folder includes a switch, with the choices of Everyone and Secure. With Secure youll see a list of user accounts pulled from your computer, each with a check box next to it. This is a much simper way compared with other devices where you have to create user accounts and apply settings to each account separately, making the whole process confusing for home users. We delete comments that violate our policy, which we encourage you to read.
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