The USB transfer mode worked as expected and provided a decent transfer rate.Īlthough the Landisk initially looked like a promising hardware device, with a good looking and study enclosure, the performance of the unit is a real letdown. This article will be updated if the cause of the slow network speeds can be identified (or rectified via a firmware update). Network read transfers of under 1Mbps are too slow for this type of storage, and it appears that some other users have complained about the poor transfer performance and reliability on a users blog at. Accessing the network share from a Windows XP laptop provided similar results, indicating that the problem isn't down to Vista networking problems. This does not seem to make any sense when compared to the performance of other NAS drives as normally the read speed should be slightly faster, not considerably slower. Again, copying several small files decreases the speed slightly as would be expected. Strangely, writing to the NAS drive resulted in transfer speeds of 2.2Mpbs. Copying lots of smaller files (in this example, 500 x <100k files) results in a slightly slower transfer speed. When copying large files (such as zip archives) across the Network, network transfer rates of 0.7Mbps are common.
This connected to a 4 port router with built in wireless, and the access PC is also using a PCI wireless card to connect (at 54Mbps) and Windows Vista. This Landisk has been fitted with a Maxtor 250GB IDE 7200RPM drive, formatted within the web admin interface and then loaded to around 50% with backup files. This can use separate shares to the normal SMB list and will likely require some configuration from your router. This is a great feature if you need to back up information to your home from an outside source. The FTP function will let you connect from a remote computer to transfer information to/from the NAS disk. It would be particularly suited to owners of brushed aluminium tower cases: The casing has a brushed metal finish and has a surprising feel of quality about it, and looks rather stylish. It is important to note that this device will only accept an IDE drive, however this may actually be a benefit to some users as it provides a cheap way of reclaiming an old drive as network storage. OS support ME/2000/XP/Vista, MAC OS X, Linux.USB 2.0 / Ethernet LAN 10/100 connection for PC or MAC.Web-based management, administrator / password.SMB/FTP for LAN / WAN file sharing-system.The specifications of this particular drive are as follows:
At under £30 it is one of the cheapest NAS devices available. This is more often called a NAS (Network Attached Storage) device, as it simply hooks up to your existing wired LAN and provides network shared storage. The Landisk NS347 Hard Drive Enclosure is a very cost effective way of adding extra storage space to your network.
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