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LG - Network Storage Server
Average customer rating
3
(11 Reviews)
Rating breakdown 11 reviews
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1 Star
4
45%of customers recommend this product.
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5 out of
11)
Customer Reviews for LG - Network Storage Server
Customer Rating
5
Sweet!
on November 6, 2010
Posted by: RhettLR
from Little Rock, Arkansas
This is my 1st NAS unit & I am thrilled with its' performance and feature set. I purchased this unit primarily for media storage with backing up data as a 2nd overall need. The unit was nicely packaged and setup was a snap. All menu driven via web browser, I had it up & running with firmware updates within 45 minutes. Now, my computer no longer needs to be on to access my media and I with the DLNA feature set, it allows for access to my collection from a wide variety of devices without tedious configurations, etc.While the documentation is weak, the web interface makes up for what is lacking in the manual the only other "con" is that the web based file transfer software doesn't like any file over 2 gigs but you can use Explorer or any good file management software like PowerDesk to get around this shortcoming. I would / will definitely buy / recommend this unit.
Pros: Performance, Style/Design, easy to use, Features/Settings, Quality
I would recommend this to a friend!
Quality
5
Features
5
Value
5
Written by a customer while visiting lg.com
Customer Rating
3
Needs Work
on April 26, 2010
Posted by: Skelly50
from EO, Nu Joisey
I was impressed with this unit as soon as I took it out of the box. This unit is of quailty build and extremely attractive and has many bells and whistle to make it a worthy addtion to a network, but LG has made the fatal flaw, poor documentation. The unit's documentation is woefully inadequate. This unit is not plug n' play out of the box and trouble shooting this unit is very difficult without more precise information. Another problem is there aren't enough RAID support options that will allow backups to have both speed and redundacy at the same time.
If LG can improve and clarify the documentation and add support for more RAID configurations they would have a top of the line piece of hardware.
If LG can improve and clarify the documentation and add support for more RAID configurations they would have a top of the line piece of hardware.
Pros: Style/Design, Quality, features
Cons: Difficult to use, settings, poor documentation
No, I would not recommend this to a friend.
Quality
5
Features
4
Value
3
Written by a customer while visiting lg.com
Customer Rating
4
Not bad
on May 3, 2010
Posted by: andicole0
from UK
Plug the box onto the network and install the supplied software - quite simple really. Only niggle at the moment is that I can't seem to access the Blu Ray writer from the host PC to write data not on the disks in the device.
Pros: Performance, Style/Design, Quality
Cons: Features/Settings
I would recommend this to a friend!
Quality
5
Features
4
Value
4
Written by a customer while visiting lg.com
Customer Rating
5
N2B1DD2 RAID support for FW ver 10124 Works!
on August 28, 2020
Posted by: endangeredtiger2
from North Tonawanda, NY USA
[This review was collected as part of a promotion.] Initialize both drives. In the VOLUME screen where it says "Select a disk", select *BOTH* disks and click on Create Volume. When both disks are selected, the RAID/JBOD options are displayed. That screen should be changed to say "Select a disk OR DISKS". Time to create a mirrored volume with 2 x 1Tb drives took overnight but did complete and is working now.
Pros: Quality
I would recommend this to a friend!
Quality
5
Features
5
Value
5
Written by a customer while visiting lg.com
Customer Rating
1
Disappointed
on March 16, 2010
Posted by: BoomerTN
from Knoxville, TN
I purchased the N2B1DD2 to use as a backup device for a PET scanner which produces 20-50 Gbytes of data per study. Unfortunately the Windows 2003 Server Edition is not able to mount the NAS share (works with XP or Linux). This is a definite problem and the support access from the LGE website is not usable. The only thing I could find that seems to work is this review so I'll try to put my concerns here in hopes that someone from LGE will see them and reply. Its clear that the device uses embedded linux as the OS and the disks seem to be ext2 or ext3 formatted. However the only mechanism that allows me to access the system is Samba which doesn't provide linux file attributes (executable especially). While my primary use of the device would have been with Windows Server 2003 I would almost be happy if I could get native NFS access. Seems like something fairly simple to implement. I'm not adverse to trying experimental software with features like NFS and Windows 2003 access (I don't understand why Windows Server 2003 doesn't work with this device?).
Pros: Quality, Style/Design
Cons: Features/Settings, Difficult to use
No, I would not recommend this to a friend.
Quality
4
Features
1
Value
3
Written by a customer while visiting lg.com
Customer Rating
1
Mac Users Avoid !!
on July 16, 2012
Posted by: rellis
from Charleston, SC, USA
Not a Mac friendly product. To use with OSX Lion you have to install the new interface and firmware which requires you to re-format the disks and the process can only be done from a Windows machine. Those that don't have a windows machine get half a system which isn't recognized by the finder, cannot burn a Bu-Ray disc and requires you to purchase iSCSI as a separate product. There are much better products which actually work.
No, I would not recommend this to a friend.
Quality
4
Features
1
Value
1
Written by a customer while visiting lg.com
Customer Rating
1
AVOID!
on January 5, 2014
Posted by: audio
from Los Angeles, CA, USA
This device was, when purchased, as servicable NAS. After the latest update, however, it is UNUSABLE as a full featured network storage device.
There is no support for basic features like RAID1 or JBOD. From what I can see, there is no way to map two drives at the same time. As a result, only one of my 3TB drives are being used.
AVOID AT ALL COSTS!
IF YOU HAVE AN OLDER VERSION OF THE FIRMWARE (2660 or prior) DO NOT UPDATE TO THE NEW FIRMWARE!
No, I would not recommend this to a friend.
Quality
1
Features
1
Value
1
Written by a customer while visiting lg.com
Customer Rating
1
Beware don't buy if you use Lion
on November 10, 2011
Posted by: Gino
from Ohio
I purchased this unit a week before Lion was released to the public. One of the main purposes of purchasing this unit was to use Time Machine to back up my 3 Macs. LG has been known to have good technical support and promised an update in September. Here it is in the middle of November and the firmware is still not available. When talking with Tech Support on live update I was informed once again that they were working on it but the newer units have an updated firmware. When I pressed harder, it is the lower end units and not this current model. Lion being out for 3 months now you would think a firmware would be released by now
Pros: Quality
No, I would not recommend this to a friend.
Quality
4
Features
4
Value
1
Written by a customer while visiting lg.com