Appraisal for A.C. Ryan AluBoxDuo LAN SATA

[cyberspyder]

How much for one BNIB (Brand New In Box)?

Combine 2 harddisks!**
Create 1 big harddisk with 2 harddisks**
Break the Terra barrier affordably and easily**
Use as 2 harddisk or aggregated as 1**
Mount them as Mirror, Stripe / RAID 0, 1**
Up to 8 harddisk can be aggregated / mirrored / striped

Connect to PC via USB2.0
USB2.0 480mbps / compatible with USB1.1
The simplest and fastest way to get more harddisk onto your PC / notebook

Connect to directly to network via LAN 10/100
LAN 10/100mbps
Direct connection to LAN as network LANdisk
Direct access to your data anytime from any computer within your network
100% secure using NDAS technology without using IP addresses
Only user granted access can see the harddisk

For all 3.5" SATA/SATA2 harddisk
Use SATA/SATA2 harddisk
Supports all 3.5" harddisk up to 10000RPM
Supports all 3.5" harddisk up to 2TB (2048GB)
** NOTE : Retail Boxes & Catalogs nay still state 1024GB, but every AluBox, AluBoxDuo, AluBoxTFX, AluBoxValue already support up to 2TB (2048GB)

True HotSwap Plug-n-Play
Simply Plug n Play even while your system is on
Front BlueLED light indicates HDD activity

1.8mm solid aluminum
Keeps harddisk cool
Ultra lightweight solid construction
Shock resistance up to 90cm freefall
High quality mirror polish

Built-in fan
Keeps both harddisks cool

Horizontal Stackable or Vertical
Designed for horizontal or vertical placement
Multiple box can be stacked on each other

Thanks, Brendan

[sswilson]

Since it's BNIB, I'd check around to see what it would cost to buy locally (or get delivered) and offer it for 75% of the pre-tax cost.

[low351]

Is it for purchase by you or sale?

You can get a W.D. My book world from costco for $539 with 2 x 1TB drives in it.

So figure $135 for a 1TB drive from CanadaDirect or other and you've got $270 from teh $539 so you've got $269 left.

So if the A.C. Ryan is $269 or less then it's a good buy. Only caveat is that it's an NDAS device. There are claims that an NDAS device is better than a run of the mill file sharing NAS device but, If you have any funky network softare on your PC like a VPN client it may conflict with the NDAS driver.

I had a user purchase an NDAS device and it wouldn't play nice with Check Point SecuRemote, the VPN client we use here at my Company.

[cyberspyder]

It's for sale by me. From what I've seen, it's about $139 at other places, so that might be a good starting point.

Thanks for the help guys.