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LG N4B1N Network Storage with Built-in Blu-ray Rewriter - Retail
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Manufacturer Limited Warranty period (parts): 1 year
Manufacturer Limited Warranty period (labor): 1 year
The N4B1 Network Attached Storage (NAS) from LG is the world’s first NAS with integrated Blu-ray Disc rewriter. It crams a host of storage and backup functions into a single unit to facilitate ease of management in small networks such as office and home networks. With its unique Blu-ray Disc rewriter, get the benefits of the huge disc storage of up to 25GB. The unit has four SATA drive bays supporting up to 4TB storage capacity to meet your growing network storage needs. Replace or change hard drives easily with the hot-swappable hard drive bay design.
The NAS comes with a Marvell 88F5281 500MHz processor for maximum performance. It supports multiple RAID 0, 1, 5, 1+0 and JBOD volumes, and an on-board LCD screen on the top gives you timely status information of the NAS. A memory card reader on the front panel supports SD, MMC, MS and xD cards for ultra-versatility.
Once storage is set up, you can expand it by attaching extra drives to the three USB 2.0 ports. Or, you could plug in a printer and share it across the network. An on-board eSATA interface provides data transfer speed of up to 3Gb/s for lightening-fast file transfer with the dedicated PC. With all of these versatile features packed in, this substantial offer is really worth a try.
Pros: It works as a NAS. Fairly fast. Can schedule backups of data on the NAS to the Blu-Ray drive. Decent documentation. Nice well organized web interface. It does FTP and AFP in addition to SMB file sharing. It seems to have some sort of iTunes streaming service although I haven't tried it.
Cons: It won't join my Active Directory domain. LG tech support said they are having the same problem and they would call me when they figured it out. (1 week and still waiting.) AD authentication is one of the reasons I chose this model. Also, I have 2 (new) mirrored drives and one disappeared from the raid on the second day that I had it. No error message or email, I just noticed the volume had only 1 drive and showed "degraded". I removed the drive and put it back in. It was recognized and the array rebuilt-- which took about 10 hours. It has been fine since.
Other Thoughts: This is so new that I can't find any reference to it whatsoever on LG's support and sales sites. No FAQs, no knowledgebase, no product information. The first two people I spoke to on their phone support had never heard of it. The lack of support makes me nervous. I'm considering sending it back for that reason. It comes with "Comnso" backup software to backup workstations to the NAS via SMB or FTP. It is somewhat confusing; but most backup software is in my experience. I'm unsure about the licensing. I can't tell if there are any restrictions on the number of machines I can install it on or anything.
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Esata not as advertised!
Reviewed By: bstruckm on 9/30/2009
Tech Level: high - Ownership: 1 day to 1 week
This user purchased this item from Newegg
Pros: Easy to setup
Cons: I purchased this unit with the assumption that the Esata port would allow my server to see this drive as a local drive. This is NOT the case, the esata port only allows the NAS unit to see other storage devices.
Other Thoughts: The online description is very misleading on the esata capability!
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Cons: I purchased this unit with the assumption that the Esata port would allow my server to see this drive as a local drive. This is NOT the case, the esata port only allows the NAS unit to see other storage devices.
Other Thoughts: The online description is very misleading on the esata capability!
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Very New
Reviewed By: Intrepid on 7/8/2009
Tech Level: high - Ownership: 1 week to 1 month
This user purchased this item from Newegg
Pros: It works as a NAS. Fairly fast. Can schedule backups of data on the NAS to the Blu-Ray drive. Decent documentation. Nice well organized web interface. It does FTP and AFP in addition to SMB file sharing. It seems to have some sort of iTunes streaming service although I haven't tried it.
Cons: It won't join my Active Directory domain. LG tech support said they are having the same problem and they would call me when they figured it out. (1 week and still waiting.) AD authentication is one of the reasons I chose this model. Also, I have 2 (new) mirrored drives and one disappeared from the raid on the second day that I had it. No error message or email, I just noticed the volume had only 1 drive and showed "degraded". I removed the drive and put it back in. It was recognized and the array rebuilt-- which took about 10 hours. It has been fine since.
Other Thoughts: This is so new that I can't find any reference to it whatsoever on LG's support and sales sites. No FAQs, no knowledgebase, no product information. The first two people I spoke to on their phone support had never heard of it. The lack of support makes me nervous. I'm considering sending it back for that reason. It comes with "Comnso" backup software to backup workstations to the NAS via SMB or FTP. It is somewhat confusing; but most backup software is in my experience. I'm unsure about the licensing. I can't tell if there are any restrictions on the number of machines I can install it on or anything.
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Model
Brand
LG
Model
N4B1N
Spec
Standards
IEEE 802.3, IEEE 802.3u, IEEE 802.3ab
Port RJ-45
1 x 10/100/1000M
Port USB
3 x USB2.0
Port eSATA
1 x eSATA II
HDD Interface
4 x SATA
Supported Protocols
TCP/IP
Operating System
Embedded Linux : Kernel 2.6
Processor
Marvell 88F5281 500MHz
Form Factor
4-Bay
RAID
RAID 0, 1, 5, 1+0, JBOD
Rotational Speed
7200RPM
Temperature
0°C - 40 °C
Humidity
15% to 85% (Non-Condensing)
Features
Features
Network Print Server Support Built-in ODD Functions (Disc Copy into NAS, Disc Burning from NAS) Memory Card Reader Support (SD, MMC, MS, xD) Various User Management (Users, Group & Folder management) Auto Sync. Backup Support (PC to NAS, USB/Memory Card to NAS) Active Directory Support (Windows 2000 or higher) MTBF: 40,000h Compliance with RoHS / Pb Free production
Manufacturer Warranty
Parts
1 year limited
Labor
1 year limited
Introduction
The N4B1 Network Attached Storage (NAS) from LG is the world’s first NAS with integrated Blu-ray Disc rewriter. It crams a host of storage and backup functions into a single unit to facilitate ease of management in small networks such as office and home networks. With its unique Blu-ray Disc rewriter, get the benefits of the huge disc storage of up to 25GB. The unit has four SATA drive bays supporting up to 4TB storage capacity to meet your growing network storage needs. Replace or change hard drives easily with the hot-swappable hard drive bay design.
The NAS comes with a Marvell 88F5281 500MHz processor for maximum performance. It supports multiple RAID 0, 1, 5, 1+0 and JBOD volumes, and an on-board LCD screen on the top gives you timely status information of the NAS. A memory card reader on the front panel supports SD, MMC, MS and xD cards for ultra-versatility.
Once storage is set up, you can expand it by attaching extra drives to the three USB 2.0 ports. Or, you could plug in a printer and share it across the network. An on-board eSATA interface provides data transfer speed of up to 3Gb/s for lightening-fast file transfer with the dedicated PC. With all of these versatile features packed in, this substantial offer is really worth a try.
Highlights
Built-in Blu-ray Disc Rewriter The LG N4B1 features a built-in Blu-ray Disc rewriter. Use the huge disc storage of up to 25GB to archive your data anytime and from any point in the network.
Gigabit Network Connection The LG N4B1 features a Gigabit Ethernet port for up to 10X the speed of most 100M network connections and excellent usability for office and home networks.
SATA HDD Support The LG N4B1 features four hot-swappable SATA drive bays for easy installation and replacement of internal hard drives.
RAID Support The LG N4B1 supports multi-level RAID configuration including RAID 0, 1, 5, 1+0 and JBOD for better performance, enhanced data security and flexible capacity upgrades.
eSATA and USB 2.0 Support The LG N4B1 features an eSATA port and three USB 2.0 ports supporting external storage devices for convenient storage expansions. With the built-in print server, easily share a USB printer over the network!
Reviewed By: Intrepid on 7/8/2009
Tech Level: high - Ownership: 1 week to 1 month
