I do like this and so far it has been easy to use, there are still a few configurations I want to do and I may need assistance for some of them, but for basic setup it is easy and intuitive.
I will update this again later but I have it installed and backed my computer up with this, I don’t have a need right now to use the restore feature but from what the other poster said it should work well. The files are shareable across all the PC’s that are installed for the router which makes it nice to organize music and photos. I do need a faster router (the backup took a very long time) but that isn’t anything to take away from this unit.
The install is pretty basic and works well but I did have a problem with the HP setup screen, I couldn’t view the entire window, I had to make my task bar as small as possible and move the setup screen as far as I could to the top of the monitor to finally be able to see the buttons at the bottom to click. (Hey HP ever hear of making resizable screens???) After I got through that it was simple to get it setup for my PC and backups.
I am not sure if I will make it available to the internet so I won’t review that yet (it does state something about a personal web address so that would make it more secure I would think), but I do have multiple computers to backup and this seems to work fine for that.
The enclosed directions are a little bare and I think should contain a little more information. I haven’t found any reference to the USB ports listed but that may be in the electronic instructions.
I did find a contradicting instruction, the one book stated to install the software first and the basic instruction brochure stated to install the unit to your router first so I checked online and you do connect the unit to the power and router before inserting the install disk.
This unit stays very cool and is very quiet when running, you can set the unit to sleep on your PC and it will wake up when it is scheduled to do backups, that makes a nice savings on power usage, it also has an alert that will let you know if the unit is overheating or if one of the fans aren’t working properly.
Inserting additional harddrives is a very simple task that even a non techy like me can do it.
It does include MacAfee anti virus trial which I don’t want, and it is not clear to me if this would conflict with what I have on my PC so I didn’t install it.
It has 2 – 750 GB hard drives which makes for ample storage space with 2 bays open to add more storage, and it is on the small side so it doesn’t take up too much space and was very easy for me to find a place for it to sit.