Seagate BlackArmor NAS 440 review
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Verdict
Seagate’s first business NAS appliance only offers a basic feature set, but it’s very good value, easy to use and delivers valuable data backup and recovery features
Review Date: 30 Sep 2009
Reviewed By: Dave Mitchell
Price when reviewed: £518 (£596 inc VAT)
Overall Rating
Features & Design
Value for Money
Performance
| Details | |
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| Part Code | ST320005SHD10G-RK |
| Review Date | 30 Sep 2009 |
| Price ex VAT | £518 |
| Price inc VAT | £596 |
| Overall rating |
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| Performance |
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| Features & Design |
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| Value for Money |
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| Basic specifications | |
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| Capacity | 2.00TB |
| Cost per gigabyte | 26.0p |
| RAID capability |
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| Wired adapter speed | 1,000Mbits/sec |
| Services | |
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| FTP server? |
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| UPnP media server? |
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| Other media servers | iTunes |
| BitTorrent client? |
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| Connections | |
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| USB connection? |
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| eSATA interface |
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| Physical | |
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| Dimensions | 160 x 269 x 207mm (WDH) |
| Security and administration | |
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| Admin support for groups |
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| Admin support for disk quotas |
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| Email alerts |
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| Software | |
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| Software supplied | BlackArmor Discovery, Backup |
From around the web
Really much cheaper than a Buffalo Terastation III?
"Compared with Buffalo's keenly priced TeraStation III, the BlackArmor is great value, costing over £100 less."
Well, the nearest equivalent to the NAS reviewed is http://www.broadbandbuyer.co.uk/Shop/ShopDetail.as
p?ProductID=8080 , the Terastation Duo, at £395. If you go to a four-disk RAID-5-capable Terastation III http://www.broadbandbuyer.co.uk/Shop/ShopDetail.as
p?ProductID=8080 it's £612.
Not sure where this "£100 cheaper" comes from...
By JohnGray7581 on 1 Oct 2009 
Link correction
Sorry, the 2 TB Terastation III is linked at http://www.broadbandbuyer.co.uk/Shop/ShopDetail.as
p?ProductID=7579
By JohnGray7581 on 1 Oct 2009
Really much cheaper than a Buffalo Terastation III?
"Compared with Buffalo's keenly priced TeraStation III, the BlackArmor is great value, costing over £100 less."
Well, the nearest equivalent to the NAS reviewed is http://www.broadbandbuyer.co.uk/Shop/ShopDetail.as
p?ProductID=8080 , the Terastation Duo, at £395. If you go to a four-disk RAID-5-capable Terastation III http://www.broadbandbuyer.co.uk/Shop/ShopDetail.as
p?ProductID=8080 it's £612.
Not sure where this "£100 cheaper" comes from...
By JohnGray7581 on 1 Oct 2009
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