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Snap Appliance Snap Server 1100 NAS Device

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the ask-me-again-when-you-have-a-250-gig-version dept.

~*77*~ writes "While taking up considerably less space than a shoebox, this little device seamlessly allows users to add additional storage to any network in less than five minutes. Today we review the Snap Appliance 80GB Snap Server 1100. This compact NAS (network attached storage) device has many great features including: 5 minute installation, a compact web and ftp server, or simply a network share. Most importantly it works in a network mixed with Windows, Netware, UNIX, Linux, and Macintosh machines... "

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  1. 80 GB by wpiman · · Score: 4, Insightful
    80 GB doesn't seem like very much today.

    I have a Ximeta 250GB Netdisk and it works great for me. Sure it is not NFS and requires its own drivers- but it works for me.

  2. Getting more common by AKnightCowboy · · Score: 5, Insightful

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  3. Please.... by Fizzlewhiff · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Why do so many reviewers feel the need to photograph shipping boxes and packaging materials? Are you reviewing the product or the shipping department?

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  4. Sales sthick? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Does this look like a cut and paste from a sales brochure to anyone else? Any particular reason this non-revolutonary product is getting a free ad?

  5. Re:Cost is my question. by tuffy · · Score: 4, Insightful
    Even assuming you can that price for the 80, that's $320 bucks for that. Why would you do that? 80 gigs isn't much, when most dells are coming with at least 40 gigs by default now. So to any people who've used this, or will use this, can you tell me why?

    You're paying for a preconfigured, RAID-capable, networked storage device that requires one switch to turn on and is fully administered from a webpage. That means convenience, low power consuption and a small footprint. For some people, those factors are more important than pure size.

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  6. $500 and no backup? by unfortunateson · · Score: 4, Insightful

    For over $500, and $800+ for the 160GB, it seems overpriced.

    For me to reach out and buy a server device like that, it's missing one thing: backup. If they included, say a DVD+/-R/RW drive, the price is still high. Is there something special about this drive? A RAID-5 hidden in that little box? Somehow, I doubt it.

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  7. Hate. by lemonylimey · · Score: 5, Insightful

    I have an 80GB Snap Server at work, and I dislike the thing throughly. It only picks up a random 80% sampling of our Active Directory users every time it's rebooted, which means we have to run it with no file security. Snap's helpdesk claimed this problem would be fixed by installing the new "Snap OS 4", which at the bargin price of $100 offered "Complete Windows 2003 Server ADS compatibility!" But, I protested, we were only running Windows 2000, and it says Windows 2000 compatibility on the box ...

    After much cajoling, the helpdesk admitted that wasn't strictly true, but Snap OS 4 would make it so, and add a glorious weath of new features into the bargin. So we sighed, and bought it.

    Needless to say, it's now picking up about 70% of our Active Directory.

    The moral of the story is: Don't buy hardware from companies that charge $100 to patch something that should have worked from the get-go.