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LaCie 301269U Ethernet Disk Mini Home Edition 500 GB Network Attached Storage Hard Drive
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| List Price: | $152.99 |
| Price: | $96.99 |
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Product Description
With the Ethernet Disk mini - Home Edition, your household's digital library becomes accessible from inside and outside your home in just a few minutes. The LaCie media portal, HomeLaCie.com, enables access from anywhere for uploading or downloading files to your Ethernet Disk mini at home. Simply drag & drop your photos, for example, and make them accessible to your relatives and friends via simple email invitations. The pre-defined folders and personal shares enable easy management of your family's digital library. Listen to your music from your networked sound system with the embedded iTunes server. The Ethernet Disk mini - Home Edition provides peace of mind by automatically backing up all of your home computers at your convenience.e.
Product Details
- Amazon Sales Rank: #2593 in Consumer Electronics
- Size: 500 GB
- Brand: LaCie
- Model: 301269U
- Dimensions: 78.00" h x 103.56" w x 106.56" l, 12.00 pounds
- Hard Disk: 500GB
Features
- 500 GB network storage device lets you share data on your home network and via the Internet
- Compatible with uPnP AV, Windows Connect, and DLNA-certified devices
- Built-in internal iTunes server lets you stream music to any networked PC
- Backed by a 3-year warranty
- Measures 1.7 x 6.3 x 6.8 inches (WxHxD)
Editorial Reviews
Amazon.com Product Description
With the LaCie 301269U Ethernet Disk Mini Home Edition 500 GB Network Storage, you can make your digital library accessible to anyone in the world in just a few minutes. This stylish network storage and personal media server not only lets you back up and share your files with your home network users, but it also allows you to access your files remotely through the Internet.
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 The stylish aluminum case looks at home in your home or office. View larger. |
 The drive features an elegant design with USB 2.0 and Ethernet ports. View larger. |
 UPnP streaming lets you easily stream digital media on the Ethernet Disk to any UPnP player. View larger. |
The LaCie Ethernet Disk Mini Home provides an ample 500 GB of storage for your digital media files and lets you share them with anyone in the world. Through LaCie's media portal, HomeLaCie.com, you can provide permissions to friends and family to access photos, music or any other file you've stored on the drive.
The Mini Home offers you a great way to share your vacation and travel experiences. You can simply drag and drop photos, music files and even videos from any location in the world to your Mini Home, and within minutes your friends and family can easily access them. They simply log on to your LaCie Media Portal to access your customized menu that will direct them to the shared files.
Stream Your Videos and Music
While having immediate access to your videos and music is a great thing, your desktop computers and laptops aren't necessarily the best way to play your media. The Mini Home features built-in media server capabilities that let you stream music to your audio system and videos and photos to your TV. It's also compatible with a wide range of uPnP AV, Windows Connect, and DLNA certified devices, as well as game stations like PS3 or Xbox 360, so you're not beholden to your computer to enjoy your media. But for times when you need to be at your computer, the drive also includes an internal iTunes server that allows you to stream your music to any networked PC or Mac.
More than a media player, though, the Mini Home is an ideal way to keep digital photos safe and organized. With the included back-up software for Windows and Mac OS X, you can quickly and easily back up your home computers to your Mini Home, giving you and your family extra peace of mind. With its 500 GB of capacity, the drive can store up to 500,000 photos, 125,000 songs or 500 movies. From any networked computer you can edit your photos or video, and synchronizing your music library between your laptop and the Mini Home is easy. So whether you're at home or traveling, your music library will always be available to you.
The LaCie Ethernet Disk Mini Home Edition features a rotational speed of 7200 rpm, a cache of at least 16 MB, and a 400 MHz processor with 64 MB of RAM. It also includes a USB port that allows you to add additional back-up capabilities to your network. The drive measures 1.7 x 6.3 x 6.8 inches (WxHxD) and is backed by LaCie's 3-year warranty.
About LaCie
Established in France in 1989, LaCie is a leading manufacturer of computer peripherals for Windows, Apple and Linux users. With offices and plants in the USA, Canada, Japan, Australia, Europe, Singapore and Hong Kong, LaCie develops and manufactures external storage solutions and color monitors that help professionals and everyday people easily manage their digital lives. LaCie has differentiated its products through original designs and leading-edge technology.
What's in the Box
LaCie Ethernet Disk Mini Home Edition, Ethernet cable, external power supply, drive stand for upright use, CD-ROM with Easy Install, and quick install guide.
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Customer Reviews
No trust on this seller
Although Amazon have a lot of good deal, but the seller is lie about the product. It was advertise as new, but I got it as used item. Seller said they will give me discount and credit back to my account, I hear nothing back from seller and no discount has been credit back.
Good drive, with a few oroblems
On the plus side, the drive is relatively quiet, it IS a network drive, and the price is good. If you want to use the network access, then that's another plus. I'm running Vista and have a problem with the backup software, DesktopMirror. Some of the file system I backup is unreadable. And I'm talking about basic files, like Documents and basic data files. Some subdirectories just don't allow access. Other people seem to have the same problems. Secondly, the media server will serve up all your shared directories as one share. I had broken up my iTunes libraries into music, books, and other, separate libraries, but if I share them, they all appear as one, huge library. By the way, the first time you access it, it might take 10 minutes or more for all the files to appear (building an index?). After that it's pretty fast. So, overall, I'm glad I got this drive. It has become the solution for a common data bank for our family's iTunes and photos.
Software needs improvement
Using the drive a Airport Base in a mac household. The setup for the disk was reasonable and was able to get it up and working. However, the information for using some parts is rather lacking. For instance, I wanted to share music but certain formats are supported but yet it is not noted which ones. I find that the back tool hangs often to the point that it is unusable.
