Will the HDDs docked in this be visible as network drives in PC? Does this work same as NAS?
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You can configure it to do this. You will need to turn it on via the Pogo plug website in the options. The Stak100 will appear to be a server with the drives as shares. Each drive will have to be enabled on the WFS menu.
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Yes, you can set up the HDD as mapped drives under Windows using the web administration. It's easy. I have both mounted HDD and a third drive that's USB connected to that port as well, giving three overall drives per dock. I use this set up in addition to my NAS since it's so easy to remove the HDD and use it as a portable, while the NAS uses internal 3.5" drives.
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You may authorize multiple computers to access drives using PogoPlug software. Simply install pogoplu on various computers on the same (home) network.
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Yes and it works well this way, every drive is seen individually as a SATA (or SAS)-attached device. I use this for a FreeNAS system with a 12-drive backplane and it works wonderfully.
1044198
The Red drive is for a NAS. But it will work for you. It is backwards comparable.
1303012
If the 2 drives are individual and not set up in a raid, they will be read by this enclosure. Personally I have discontinued external enclosures and gone to bare drives with 2 of the dual docks. Cheaper and much easier stacking bare drives than a bunch of external enclosures cabled up. You can get plastic enclosures to store the hard drives.
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It does, and it is faster to access, very fast actually. However I have to recommend a Synology drive over the Seagate. The completely messed up web interface, unreliability of the backup system, etc. makes it basically unusable if you want serious network tools and protections.
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This is not a NAS or a "giant networked hard drive". It is a 5-bay Direct-Attach-Storage device. It connects to a single host machine via Thunderbolt.
957682
No, this will not do what you need. If you want to connect a hard drive to your network without using a computer, you will need a device called a NAS, or "Network Attached Storage" - it's basically an external case that connects via ethernet instead of USB.
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I dont believe this enclosure is meant to be use as NAS. It can be configured while connoted to a computer.
96350
Good answer. I just wanted to mention for others who may read this that most NAS systems (if that's what you use it in) will do their own disk surface checks during the setup or rebuild.
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I have 2, 3 and 4TB drives connected to a NAS through this hub. Works just fine.
686558
This Model is for one computer thru the USB Port, You could share from one computer to by the NAS (Network Access Storage) Model to setup on a network rather than USB.
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I haven't noticed a difference for accessing files from the NAS and files stored on hard drives mounted on my PC. There probably is a difference but both are fast enough to not be a bother. When I move large numbers of jpg files it does take significant time but I usually set up that task and then go to bed.
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yes. I simply moved 4 drives (2x3TB, 2x2TB) from my mediacenter pc in to this hub. The drives were recognized and listed in 'My Computer' exactly as they were when they were physically in the computer. There was a reboot after initial discovery and that was it.
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Remember that this is a network device. Assuming fast drives and Raid 0 configuration, I get 30 mb or so 'average' loading files. I have an attached USB3 drive also on the NAS102 and gets the same speed.
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No, this is a pretty terrible product in my experience. The only way to use it at all is with the network mode. Save yourself the trouble and just buy a stand alone hard drive.
649047
Hi Dan -- this is a network attached storage device, and as such your PC would access the NAS via the network connection. However, if your concern is access restriction, you can restrict access to other devices on the network in a variety of ways.
649046
no - its a network device with storage, access to disks are via the network