Acer Aspire easyStore H340

The Acer easyStore H340 is keenly priced and well featured. Windows Home Server's simple initial setup process belies its underlying capacity to be hugely customised by a willing user. NAS devices are so 2009, what you really want is a home server.

So if you need a NAS solution which is built to withstand a tactical nuclear strike, holds four disks, has six expansion ports and interacts well with most popular devices, then keep your attention focused on Acer’s Easystore H340. However, the lack of...

Better value than HP MediaSmart LX195; four swappable drive bays; one-touch USB backup

Included software is pretty basic

One other notable feature is a one-touch USB backup button. Plug any USB hard drive into the front of the server, push the button, and the H340 automatically copies all of the files into the Public Shared Folder. It’ll also sort the files based on file...

Versatile ; Easily expandable ; 2GB RAM

WHS connector can be finicky ; Mysterious 'i' is vague

Reading around the internet, reception of Microsoft's Windows Home Server is favorable overall, with some users going so far as to say that it's the best product they've put out next to Windows itself. Frankly, I'm inclined to agree. The software is...

Not noiseycompared to some

software supplied needs considerable upgrade

Very good product, easy to use, complete with windows home server software. 4 hotswap hard disk drives. Well build solid case, nice and compact.

the microsoft DE storage system, can cause problems if you DONT create shares via the WHS console.

An inexpensive machine with massive storage and the potential to further upgrade (having two free drive-bays). The small footprint and quiet operation. The simplified interface which was enough to allow me to set the server up to support a network of...

The pre-installed anti-virus software which according to the Software house (McAfee) is unsuitable for running on servers (removed). Possibility that Microsoft may abandon support for the software when the new version is introduced (this latter likely...

Excellent construction and performance for the price.

Microsoft "connector" software is a pain, and it's annoying that you don't get a choice whether or not to back up your PC. Not everyone will wish to. Once it's set up though, you can uninstall the connector software and use remote desktop instead, then...

The setup was straightforward enough and only took a couple of hours. I did have to change my router to allocate fixed IP addresses but otherwise no problems.

It runs a little slowly at times perhaps due to the 1.6GHz processor. The operating system seems very slow at times especially when logging on.

Fast through put from multiple connections reading and writing, connections do NOT time out or drop out unlike Linux based NAS, quiter than other NAS. easy to use and familar windwos 2003 look and feel, password sync works media extender to Xbox and...

McAfee SAAS antivirus, has problems registering, maintaing upto date signatures, now removed, nags you to register and update even though registered and no updates available. hot expansion of internal storage to external UBS storage