Netgear Stora MS200 NAS Server - Unboxing

Taking a look at the Netgear Stora MS2000 (diskless) NAS drive.

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[petekana770]

you talk toooo must

[MyRandomReviews]

@petekana770 - Personal preference but I don't really talk as much any more. This was a year ago now. :)

[cyberzita]

Hi, nice video.

One question please: does it support a smb connection with mac os x ?

I don't want access it via browser interface..

thanks 4 your answer!

[MyRandomReviews]

@cyberzita - It shows up as just a normal computer on your network. I'm not sure exactly what protocol it uses but you certainly don't have to use the web interface for everything!

Just wondering whether you're after a feature-rich NAS device or a NAS device that just hosts your files on LAN? (Not internet)

[TheAlphabetBunyip]

I recently purchased a Stora MS2000 and I would not recommend it. The product needs improvements and accessing your network shares from OS X (Finder) and Windows OS (Windows Explorer) is frustrating. I have tried updating the Stora's firmware and have installed the latest (v2.5) Stora Desktop Applications for OS X and Windows and there were no performance improvements or enhancements to the Stora's tokenistic interface (accessed via web browser).

[MyRandomReviews]

@nordemoniac - It is possible although unsupported. There's quite a few people doing it but I can't remember the website they often use. Go to the Netgear Stora Forums and have a look there. Plenty of them use a custom firmware.

[nordemoniac]

@MyRandomReviews Can you install any custom FW to get around these problems?

[svtcontour]

@MyRandomReviews Ok I'll be keeping these things in mind. Thanks for the feedback on the NAS. Kind of stupid for netgear to try charge for the remote management. Its going to bite them in the rear. Most people will not be happy when they find this out especially the nerds (ie me) :)

[MyRandomReviews]

@svtcontour - Yes it has been very reliable for the most part. The only problem I've had is one of the hard drives RAID configuration corrupting; this was quickly sorted out - automatically by the Stora itself. This problem stems from the power timer - which is quite useful - but it causes more problems than it's worth, as the Stora uses hardly any power on auto-standby.

The biggest problem with this drive though is the cloud management - you have to pay for services such as remote connections!

[svtcontour]

So has this been good so far? No freezing? I've been using the Dlink 2 drive NAS for clients until now which have been ok but occasionally locked up for them.

For myself, I almost purchased a couple of these but last minute, I changed my plans and went with a pair of Mediasonic 4 bay E-sata chassis. They are not intelligent and would need to be attached to something so I've got it attached to a home server E-sata controller. Downside is electricity and heat but speed is nice.