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Vantec NexStar LX DAS/NAS box

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Don't be misled by its small form factor, because this little device is not

just an external hard drive, but also a portable NAS. It comes neatly packed in

a casing that accommodates a parallel (not serial) HDD of about 750 GB. It has

smart cooling functionality with passive heat sink under the HDD and a fan whose

speed can be controlled externally. The beauty of this device is that it can be

used as an external DAS or a NAS. Connect it to a PC via its USB port if you

need a DAS, or plug it to your network using its 10/100 Mbps Ethernet port to

use it as a NAS. In NAS mode, you can access all files stored on it in read only

mode through a Web browser. Or, you can access them via FTP or SMB if you want

to read andwrite.



The device's performance depends upon the hard drive you plug into it.
Unfortunately, this one doesn't support SATA drives, so you'll have to make do

with the older PATA ones. We used a 40 GB 5400 rpm PATA HDD to check how long it

takes to transfer 10 GB of files via its USB 2 and network ports. Transfers via

USB were fast, but network performance was not up to the mark.

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Price:

Rs 4,950 (1 yrwarranty)



Key Specs: 3.5” IDE (parallel ATA) HDD,
USB 2, Ethernet 10/100 Mbps, ATA-6 compatible, Web configuration

interface



Contact: Apical Impex, Mumbai


Tel: 9821349177,
Email: mail:



tejas@apical.in


SMS Buy 131085 to 56767



Bottomline: An innovative device, although a bit expensive, and we wished

it supported SATA hard drives as well.

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