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Seagate Maxtor Central Axis 1 TB Network Storage Server STM310005CAA00G-RK | 
 enlarge | Brand: Seagate
Category: CE
List Price: $405.33
Buy New: $219.99
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Rating:  21 reviews
Sales Rank: 1916
Media: Electronics
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Hard Drive Size: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 7
Dimensions (in): 10.8 x 10.2 x 4.8
Warranty: 5 years warranty
MPN: STM310005CAA00G-RK
Model: STM310005CAA00G-RK
UPC: 763649007921
EAN: 0763649007921
ASIN: B001BP3C5S
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| Features:
| • | Create a centralized, always-accessible library of your households digital music, videos, and photos, and stream your media to UPnP AV-compatible networked entertainment systems without turning on a computer. | | • | Back up and store up to 1TB of data from networked computers to one central, safe location. | | • | Plug your Central Axis into your router and it automatically configures to your network. | | • | Set privacy levels on shared folders for full public access or limited access for an extra measure of security. | | • | Maxtor SimpleView provides at-a-glance views of back up and storage status for all users. |
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Product Description
Create a centralized, always-accessible library of your household's digital music, videos, and photos, and stream your media to UPnP AV-compatible networked entertainment systems without turning on a computer. Plug your Central Axis into your router and it automatically configures to your network. The server quickly loads and organizes your content by file type. It provides at-a-glance storage and backup status, and notifies you via e-mail of system events.
Amazon.com Product Description
Digital videos of your children taking their first steps. The music library you've built. The 15 years of personal financial data you've compiled. They're highly valuable—if not irreplaceable—but when stored on your home computers they're also vulnerable to system failures and viruses, loss and theft. 
Create a centralized, always-accessible media library of your household's digital media. |
Securely access your stored content. | 
Easy file sharing both online and within your network. | Automatic data backup, secure web access and sharing, and convenient media access and streaming for your home network
Central Axis storage server delivers a smart, simple way to automatically back up the valuable digital content on all the computers in your home network. Backups happen automatically—a welcome change from the tedious chore of copying your content to discs and thumb drives. You can securely access and share your content via any web browser, too, so it's a snap to grab a file from any computer in your home or on the road, and you can easily share content with friends and family everywhere. And for a rich home entertainment experience, you can create a centralized library of household photos, videos, and music that offers anytime access and streaming to your networked TVs, digital music players, and computers. With automated data protection, you can automatically back up all your network-connected computers to one central, safe location. The Maxtor Central Axis can securely access your stored content and can view images and slideshows from any Internet-connected PC, Mac, or laptop while keeping your firewall intact. Easy file sharing allows you to invite friends and family to view and download select photos and other files via the web. You can even authorize guests to upload their own content. The convenient media access and streaming will let you enjoy the convenience of a centralized, always-accessible library of your household's digital music, videos, and photos, and stream media from your Central Axis to any networked computer or home entertainment device. (Requires a UPnP AV-compatible player.) Printer sharing allows you to print from anywhere on your network. Most importantly, Maxtor Central Axis Network Storage Server is easy to use. Plug your Central Axis into your router and it automatically configures to your network. The server quickly loads and organizes your content by file type, provides at-a-glance storage and backup status, and notifies you via email of system events. The stylish design of this hard drive--only measures 6.8 x 2.5 x 5.9-inches (H x D x W). All that is required is a wired or wireless router with an available 10/100/1000 Ethernet port, an Internet connection (for system updates and web access), and a UPnP AV 1.0 certified Digital Media Adapter if media streaming is desired. System Requirements - Windows - Pentium III, 500Mhz equivalent processor or higher, Windows Vista or Windows XP, 128MB RAM, and Internet Explorer 6.0 or later, or Firefox 2.X or later for management interface of or web access to Central Access - Macs - Mac OS X 10.4.11 or later, Safari 3.1 or later, and 128 MB of RAM. Product Highlights
| Automatically back up and protect the content on all your networked home computers Securely access your files when you're on another computer in your home or on the road | | Securely share files with friends and family around the globe | Create a centralized, always-accessible library of your household's digital media | | Play videos and music and view photos on digital entertainment devices throughout your home | Have a network storage solution that is easy to install and use | | Pre-loaded software makes installation quick and easy | Automated backup scheduling | | 5-year limited warranty |
What's in the Box
Maxtor Central Axis storage server, Maxtor installation CD, quick start guide, Maxtor manager software, Ethernet cable, AC power adapter, user guide on CD, and a 5-year limited warranty.
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| Customer Reviews: Read 16 more reviews...
 Average product, same as all others hardware wise (always use third party backup software, not what comes with the unit). November 29, 2008
From experience using other network storage devices, all you need to focus on the hardware part is if it can accomplish multiple connections and you can share with friends and family securely thru the internet. Plus create secure folders on it (if you're a parent or share this drive with others on the same network and you don't want just anyone accessing this randomly).
For all network storage devices, the software that comes with it, usually is "try-then-buy" (shareware), its too complicated or not sophisticated enough for "your ideal backup tasks" (lets face it, everyone has different needs for a device like this, no generic software will accomplish them all) or software pretty much sucks (talking about software that comes with the unit here).
That all said, before purchasing, look on-line for free software that you like for backup purposes and make sure the software can do what you need. Then, go out and get this unit or another of the capacity you need. This unit, from all reviews, is great and you can't beat the 5yr warranty (last I checked when I wrote this review).
For Mac users, don't go solely on the mac user review posted before, thou I have to agree, even on a PC it will take a few seconds/minutes for the software to automatically detect. Once you detect it, change it to a physical IP address by going into the drive using your browser (Safari or any other you use). From that point forward, you shouldn't have any issue using third party software for backups. Good luck to all.
P.S. Everyone's experience is different, some may get a "lemon", some may get the best. "Always test what you purchase, as-soon-as you receive it."
 Great Product. October 14, 2008
I'm a bit obsessive compulsive about how things look on my desk. This is a quirky looking device, but I must say that it holds its own against a sea of my other goodies and gadgets. Its sleek black finish and interesting angular lines make up for the hefty/blocky size.
The quality of the product does not disappoint. File transfers are speedy, and I'm able to run videos and music off my network with no problems at all. A neat feature I found very useful is that you can plug in your usb printer to enable network printing.
The unit is relatively cheap in terms of what you're getting: A network drive that is 1tb, with print sharing, web access sharing, not to mention the security you get with Maxtor products. I feel much safer and more secure when using this product which replaced an older no-name network storage server. When buying a Nas, the trick is to buy one that is pretty nice that isn't that cheap. You never want to go super cheap when buying this category of product. This is very good value for your money so that's why I got this one.
One negative thing about this is that I heard it doesn't work with Time Machine on Mac. I have not tried this feature, but for mac users, you might want to look into this. Other than that, I give it a 5. We'll take one star away for the lack of compatibility with Time Machine. Feel free to correct me if I'm wrong about this. I'll be happy to change my score.
Overall: 4.
web access is a disappointment for macs September 26, 2008
I've always wanted an external hard drive that I can connect via internet so I can grab files globally. This is the major reason why I chose this hard drive; however it led to nothing but a disappointment. I got this specific hard drive because it said it's compatible with macs and the description made it seem as if it is very simple to use.
The set up was very simple - just straight plug in to the router and pop the disk into the computer and follow the instructions. Setting up the hard drive for network use is very simple and quick, but as I was trying to set up the global access part - the hard drive could not configure with my network. The rendering icon kept spinning after half hour, but it was not connecting. Even after I restarted it and tried it a few more times the result was the same - connection to network failed.
Although this hard drive failed in web access for macs, but there are some other great usages this hard drive offers -
The transferring speed is pretty fast so I can drag and drop movies into the network and grab it from another room - hook it up to an LCD and it's ready to go! I can also share music and photos via network and to share with friends via net (if they have a pc that is).
another great thing is this drive has a USB plug so I can hook up my printer n print via network. another feature that's useful is they have a function to schedule backups of your files - just need to plug additional external harddrive to this net work hard drive and you'll have more space to use for backing up!
so if anyone of you hope to purchase this item to use as a web access harddrive - make sure you have a pc to access their site to grab and upload files.
A Work in Progress September 17, 2008
Nice hardware and I love the size 1TB, however getting the software setup so multiple computers can access the drive is proving challenging.
The best Maxtor Support has done so far is to say "It must be a firewall problem..." Ok, so what's next then?
When everything is eventually set up - and I'm sure it will be, I think that this will be a great little NAS for the home.
 Good after I changed it August 30, 2008
It's a good product and it's doing what I expect to. I had to change it because the first one didn't work at all, but Seagate change it for no cost. The one that I have installed right now is working just good.
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