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PCWorld Rating, September 29, 2009

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Hardware

Capacity

Drive size

4000 GB

Speed

Max Rotational Velocity

7200 RPM

Interface Connections

Supported Interface(s)

Gigabit ethernet
USB 2.0

Hardware

Installation Kit Hardware

Network storage system with RAID (populated with 2 or 4 hard drives) Ethernet cable 2 hard drive mounting rails (for 2-drive models) AC adapter

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Pros

Four drive bays, multiple RAID options

Smoothly streams high-definition video

Cons

Media server has issues with Firefox

Bottom Line

Four-bay network-attached storage device boasts multiple RAID options, speedy performance, and smooth media serving.

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PCWorld Lab Results

Rating Breakdown
Performance
63
Features
90
Design
82
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Performance Comparison with Similar Hard Drives

63
Western Digital ShareSpace
100
Synology DS509+
84
Seagate BlackArmor NAS 440
98
Synology Disk Station DS209+

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PC World Lab Tests

Interface tested

Gigabit ethernet

Performance

External Read - Files and Folders	252.9
External Read - Large File	162.54
External Write - Files and Folders	409.04
External Write - Large File	369.88
Primary Volume - Virus Scan	290.86
Primary Volume - Windows File Search	268.21
Test Version	2

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