Pros: Very small (bookshelf size), very quiet, extremely low power and you can get it to sleep. It does have Windows Home Server included and that works very well. Everything gets backed up each night. For what you pay, you get a lot with this unit. I've had it running for about a month and it was easier to setup than the WHS rackmount system I replaced.

Cons: There is very little not to like with this unit. Some folks have commented on the temp of the internal HD. That's a concern to me as well, but I have a fan on it and it seems to have taken care of the problem (I didn't knock off any stars). Otherwise, it is not particularly fast, but it doesn't have to be for what it does.

Overall Review: As time has gone by, reliable low power units have become available off the shelf. This is one of the best solutions for this niche market. It is really nice that it includes WHS in the price. When this is taken into account, the system is dirt cheap (assuming you can acquire it on sale). Mine lives on a bookshelf in the back of the rec room. Though I can check it over the network, it also has a multicolor status light on the face telling me how things are going with it. On my daily exercise walks through the house, I need only glance at it, and I'm told whether I need to check it from my office as it is a headless box. Again, not a problem. It's a great appliance backing up 9 systems. With external USB drives, there is no effective limitation on the storage capability of the unit.

Pros: Configured, and ran very nicely. Quite cool in operation. Lots of room, and fast.

Cons: Started showing read errors, and failed within 15 minutes of that problem. Went into continual reboot cycle. WD Diagnostics indicated only 600gb, of original 5tb was still available. Noticed it was quite hot on pulling it out of the case after the failure.

Overall Review: Back it goes under warranty. I've had many WD Black drives over the years, and all are still running flawlessly (except for this one). Fortunately, this has a five year warranty, and hopefully it will be the last time I'll have to return it under warranty. These things happen, so I haven't lost my faith in the Black series.

Pros: I purchased this based on the 4tb capacity, and the fact that these Samsung D3 drives have worked well for me in the past. Too early to tell if this will be a gem, or a lump of coal. I can say that it installed flawlessly and I've let it loose backing up 150gb of photos. Seems to be doing fine so far. The three year warranty is acceptable, and the speed is fine as well while running USB 3.0. The packaging was great.

Cons: It's not a five year warranty.

Overall Review: Reviews on the first day are pretty useless, unless the product fails outright (which this has not). I'll drop another review after six months of use. Otherwise, I hope that this model is going to be as reliable as the other G3's I have purchased in the past.

Pros: This is a very nice computer. Worked right out of the box. It has enough empty slots to do interesting things with it. I was worried that I was going to have to add a graphics board for my son's Minecraft addiction. I shouldn't have worried about it (the video, not the son). It does very nicely for many games. 16gb of RAM? It is more than I'll use, but the technology progresses. I probably will. The network performance is impressive while backing up to WinHomeServer2011, so the network port is working nicely.

Cons: In life, nothing is perfect, and so it was with the content of the ASUS box when it arrived. The keyboard never did work. We substituted a nice, used, high quality keyboard, and everything was solved.

Overall Review: Odd that my review of two days ago hasn't posted here as of yet. No problem, I can remember what I sent. All told this is a good deal. If I went nuts, and put a graphics card or two on it, I'd probably have to upgrade the power supply. I'm not going to do that since it works well enough as is. As to the defective keyboard, what to do? It's not a deal breaker for me, nor is it a big problem. It's certainly not worth sending the whole computer back for this, but I'm hoping that ASUS will just ship me a new keyboard. Believe me, other than the fact that it failed (probably before I plugged it in), it's not the highest quality keyboard I've ever encountered. We'll see how ASUS handles the warranty. Without the keyboard problem, I'd give it five starts. It came with a keyboard problem though, so I'll knock off a star. 4 stars.

Pros: Lots of space, and a five year warranty.

Cons: It has developed dementia, and thinks it only has a paltry 30gb of space. It's also running quite (not white) hot. Sad to see it go, as it had so much potential that I hadn't filled yet. Ah well, these things happen.

Overall Review: I bought this one new, from Newegg, but I do not see new ones listed anymore. Perhaps there is a reason for that. Someone mentioned a 90 day warranty, but the refurbished unit info states it is five years? Clarification/enlightenment is in order. Otherwise, I suspect I'll be finding out if WD still handles warranty claims as they used to. Last time I sent one back to them, they were exemplary. I'm not anticipating any problems, but I'm glad I have the five year warranty.

Pros: I own lots of these, spread over a fairly large LAN (3X3 miles). The GS model does very nicely, and it seems they hardly ever fail. The speed is fine, and they come in a nice stout box. If they are working properly, they stay cool. If they get hot, watch out. They have an intriguing "Lifetime Warranty", that I'm about to evaluate.

Cons: It's hard to be too critical, but I did have one that failed after 3 years of heavy, continuous use. As the previous reviewer mentioned, it was the wall wart. After substituting a spare wart, I had sitting about, it did light up, but it started to get hot. That's a bad thing. It was dead, even though it lit up nicely.

Overall Review: Ok, so it failed. Three years of heavy use 24/7 is not so bad though, even if it does have a lifetime warranty. I may send it it, but I'm not sure if it is worth it. I have a feeling it will cost me a bit in "handling charges". Even if it is economically unfeasible to return it under warranty, I figure I've received a reasonable life of service out of this switch. Lifetime warranties are never as good as they sound at first. I'll know more about that in a few days. If it is any comfort to the manufacturer, I did order exactly the same new switch to replace the failed unit.