Manage updates with the Download AppIomega Home Media Network Drive (1TB)
Manufacturer: Iomega Corp. Part number: 34337
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- The Iomega Home Media Network Drive, a single-volume NAS server, is easy to set up and use for even the most novice user; however, its lack of advanced features might lessen its appeal to savvy users.
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CNET editors' review
Iomega Home Media Network Drive (1TB) price range: $259.13
- Reviewed by: Dong Ngo
- Edited by: Eric Franklin
- Reviewed on: 04/09/2009
The good: Easy to set up and use; excellent Web-based interface; compact and sleek design.
The bad: Lacks advanced NAS features; hard drive is not user serviceable; can't read NTFS external hard drive.
The bottom line: The Iomega Home Media Network Drive, a single-volume NAS server, is easy to set up and use for even the most novice user; however, its lack of advanced features might lessen its appeal to savvy users.
User reviews
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Don't buy, Read Complaints on IOmega's User Forum
by finnydip on November 3, 2009
Pros: Would be nice if it worked as advertised
Cons: Doesn't work as advertised
Summary: Lot and lots of problems getting this NAS to connect in my house. I haven't even tapped into the extensive feature list, but when I went up to Iomega'...
Summary: Lot and lots of problems getting this NAS to connect in my house. I haven't even tapped into the extensive feature list, but when I went up to Iomega's support site I saw all the other frustrated users. Don't try to call phone support, they don't offer it. Really too bad. I bought this over a month ago and have been trying to get it to work, now my return policy is up.
9 out of 12 users found this user opinion helpful.
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simple, easy to use; firmware upgrade fixes problems
by melliott716 on February 6, 2010
Pros: easy to set up, easy to use; good speed; media server works great to my PS3
Cons: drive not end-user serviceable
Summary: I've read a lot of the other complaints about this drive, and i guess i've been lucky; it's worked as advertised out of the box since i ...
Summary: I've read a lot of the other complaints about this drive, and i guess i've been lucky; it's worked as advertised out of the box since i got it a little less than a year ago. recently upgraded the firmware, then plugged an NTFS-formatted 750GB USB drive into it's USB port and it works great. i have both PCs (XP. Vista, Win7) and a MacBook Pro (OS X 10.6), and all can see the drive. had some spotty problems with the Home Storage Manager on the Mac, but I just use the Mac Finder - no problems there. don't use the included backup software. haven't tried the new Time Machine support yet.
3 out of 3 users found this user opinion helpful.
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this is junk
by joey219 on October 28, 2009
Pros: easy to install
Cons: restrospect backup software doesn't work; poor/frustrating customer support;all of a sudden the folders you create are inaccessible
Summary: Don't waste your money.
The advertised features don't work and the customer support is poor. For no apparent reason I cant access any of the shared folders on ...Summary: Don't waste your money.
The advertised features don't work and the customer support is poor. For no apparent reason I cant access any of the shared folders on the drive even though the computer can see them. (visit the user forum and see how many people have this problem!)
Imagine tech support suggested that I "try formatting the drive" -to lose all my data!....obviously clueless.
the Print server feature never worked....neither did the backup software that came with it now I have apparently lost my data. Do your own research into problems with this product before you even consider using it.
Youve been warned3 out of 3 users found this user opinion helpful.
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Backup software EMC Retrospect Express HD does not work
by fabricemtb on October 6, 2009
Pros: Easy ans fast installation. Cool iTunes server. NAS works flawlessly.
Price is sweet.Cons: EMC Retrospec HD 2.5 software crashes continuously and make the whole computer crash ...
Summary: I chose this model because it came with a backup software and this is the first use of this NAS, to backup my home computers (4 laptops and 2 desktops) ...
Summary: I chose this model because it came with a backup software and this is the first use of this NAS, to backup my home computers (4 laptops and 2 desktops) daily and automatically. But this feature does not work. There's a bug in the EMC Retrospec HD2.5 software that is known by EMC since but no fix available.
EMC Retrospec Express HD is just a teaser.
So buy something else if like me you need a NAS to perform automatic home network backup.3 out of 3 users found this user opinion helpful.
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Good for the price
by danielnugent on April 11, 2009
Pros: Inexpensive, $135.00 on sale at Frys, Easy to use, Streams to XBOX360
Cons: Does not stream WMA lossless files, Will not work with NTFS USB hard drives
Summary: I like this unit. It allows me to stream music, video and pictures to my XBOX360 without turning on a PC.
I am disappointed in the fact that the packaging ...Summary: I like this unit. It allows me to stream music, video and pictures to my XBOX360 without turning on a PC.
I am disappointed in the fact that the packaging and specs say it supports NTFS USB hard drives but it does not. I am also disappointed in the fact that iOmega says it supports WMA but it only supports compressed WMA not lossless. Still, I will keep mine until I can justify something more expensive.3 out of 3 users found this user opinion helpful.
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Simple home networking and media sharing
by worldblee on March 12, 2009
Pros: * Pretty easy to setup
* Excellent amount of storage
* Easy to connect to with PCs and game consolesCons: * At least on my network, uploading files can be sluggish
* Is a little noisySummary: This drive solved my media storage needs for home-based business and entertainment media all in one go. I haven't used the print server, but that's a nice plus ...
Summary: This drive solved my media storage needs for home-based business and entertainment media all in one go. I haven't used the print server, but that's a nice plus on the unit. It's easy to set up and once it's running and you have your files loaded you can access it from any PC (even my little netbook, which is a nice way to watch archived TV shows in widescreen). I haven't tried connecting to it with the Xbox 360 but my PS3 detected it automatically and gives me access to all my TV shows in high def through its HDMI connection so I don't have to watch everything on my PC monitor.
I love this drive and have recommended it to my friends.2 out of 2 users found this user opinion helpful.
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Junk. This is my second Iomega Product that won't work
by russeb on May 21, 2010
Pros: Looked like just the thing for a small home office.
Cons: Hours on the phone with tech support. Very poor web site for finding windows 7 supported software. Finally tech support concluded the drive has problems .... For another $40 bucks we can send you a replacement...
Summary: This is the second NAS drive I have purchased from Iomega and both are gathering dust. Fool me twice shame on me.
Summary: This is the second NAS drive I have purchased from Iomega and both are gathering dust. Fool me twice shame on me.
1 out of 1 users found this user opinion helpful.
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Not a bad litle NAS, just wish it was faster
by jwill27 on January 26, 2010
Pros: Easy setup once you contact support to get the curent software to support Win7
Built-in printer switch
Cheap Price
Management software easy to use.Cons: Software response is very slow.
Drive inside is amazingly slow. Copy from one folder to another takes hours (literally). 8+ hours for 600Gb.
Gigabit network is a joke. only achieves 10Mb/s on optimized Gigabit network and 6ft CAT6 cable.Summary: I liked it due to price and stated performance. Unfortunately, I just have an expensive printer switch now because my 5-year-old 80Gb USB external drive transfers backups faster. I realize ...
Summary: I liked it due to price and stated performance. Unfortunately, I just have an expensive printer switch now because my 5-year-old 80Gb USB external drive transfers backups faster. I realize I am hardly a "normal user", but I really would like to use it as a backup device...not just a printer switch. I guess you get what you pay for. This "NAS" seems to work well, the printer switch works GREAT, the software looks hokey but functional, I got chat support for the software since the software in the box didn't support Win7 (chat was very nice once I came to the top of the queue). I wouldn't recommend this unit to any of my friends, though. With the best transfer rate achieved being 13Mb/sec over Gigabit connecting to my system with Teamed Gb NICS and RAID-1 drives inside and a 6ft CAT6 cable is...well...just plain pathetic. Transferring to another computer on my network (without the RAID and with a 50ft Cat5e cable), I get around 65Mb/sec sustained so I know it isn't my network or my computer causing the bottleneck.
1 out of 1 users found this user opinion helpful.
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great OS X compatibility after solving many problems
by tinehan on November 29, 2009
Pros: Time machine works well with Snow Leopard
Drives do mount on desktop after all
Works well for streaming HD content to e.g. an A.C Ryan Playon media playerCons: noisy
hard to set up
clumsy interface (Home Storage manager)
poor install guide and poor help functionality - if you can find this at all
changes between the firmware versions don't give you confidence in the productSummary: Out of the box this drive worked well with OS X 10.4
After updating firmware problems began.
Took me a solid night to:
- update firmware and Home Storage ...Summary: Out of the box this drive worked well with OS X 10.4
After updating firmware problems began.
Took me a solid night to:
- update firmware and Home Storage manager (different versions for both OS X 10.4 and 10.6 machines)
- find out that the newly created folders on my Macintosh HD (server movies, server pictures, etc) were non-functional and local anyway
- find out that in 10.6 instead I had to actively check a box in the sidebar preferences (alt click on left side of finder window) to mount servers on my desktop to make the network drive folders appear
- find out that a space in the name of the drive caused this to be invisible for both Macs
- After all of this - one night further - everything worked well and even time machine was running!1 out of 1 users found this user opinion helpful.
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Drive is good. Firmware need works
by kunba888 on October 29, 2009
Pros: Good storage, easy to use and setup
Cons: After updated the firmweare, drive is locked. any small issues, such as stop backup it will cost the system lock. Tech support not helpful.
Summary: The system is not smart. When it stop in the middle of the backup or any process, it locks up the drive. You can't go back to the earlier ...
Summary: The system is not smart. When it stop in the middle of the backup or any process, it locks up the drive. You can't go back to the earlier version of the firmware. Be ready to loss your data.
1 out of 1 users found this user opinion helpful.
Specifications
- Manufacturer: Iomega Corp.
- Part number: 34337
- Description: Enjoy your digital life! Easily share and access files, photos, videos, and music between all your computers, with friends and with family using the Iomega Home Media Network Hard Drive. Powerful and fast, the three-step set-up is very simple, even if you've never used a network drive before. Ideal for centrally storing and sharing all your media files, the Home Media Network Hard Drive has a built in UPnP AV Media Server (DLNA certified) and iTunes Server so that content can be easily shared between computers and any other digital media adapters such as game consoles, digital picture frames or networked TVs. Simple 1-click sharing automatically posts files to your Facebook, YouTube and Flickr accounts. A photo slideshow can be created instantly, for online sharing with friends and family - updated by simply dropping files into an Active Folder. Remote access allows you to access your files securely from anywhere in the world via the internet. Torrent download allows you to take advantage of the new standard in file sharing, and other features allow you to share a printer and control which family members have access to certain folders.
General
- Packaged Quantity 1
- Device Type NAS server
- Host Connectivity Gigabit Ethernet
- Total Storage Capacity 1 TB
- Width 4.9 in
- Depth 7.8 in
- Height 1.6 in
- Weight 2.4 lbs
Processor / Memory
- Processors Installed 1 x 370 MHz
- RAM Installed 64 MB
Storage Controller
- Type 1 x Serial ATA - Integrated
- Controller Interface Type Serial ATA-300
- Data Transfer Rate 300 MBps
- Supported Devices Hard drive
- Max Storage Devices Qty 1
Hard Drive
- Type Standard
- Capacity 1 x 1 TB
- Interface Type Serial ATA-300
- Spindle Speed 5400 rpm
Hard Drive (2nd)
- Type None
Optical Storage
- Type None
Optical Storage (2nd)
- Type None
Storage Removable
- Type None
Video
- Video Output None
Networking
- Type Network adapter - Integrated
- Data Link Protocol Ethernet ,
Gigabit Ethernet ,
Fast Ethernet - Remote Management Protocol HTTP
- Network Services Compatibility HTTP,
Microsoft CIFS,
Apple File Protocol (AFP),
Network File System (NFS),
Server Message Block (SMB) - Features Print server,
DHCP support - Compliant Standards DLNA CERTIFIED
Expansion / Connectivity
- Expansion Bays None
- Interfaces 1 x Ethernet 10Base-T/100Base-TX/1000Base-T - RJ-45,
1 x Hi-Speed USB Miscellaneous
- Cables Included 1 x Network cable
Power
- Power Device Power adapter - External
- Voltage Required AC 120/230 V
Software / System Requirements
- Software Included EMC Retrospect Express,
Drivers & Utilities - OS Required Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium,
Microsoft Windows Vista Ultimate,
Microsoft Windows Vista Business,
Microsoft Windows Vista Home Basic,
Apple MacOS X 10.3.x or later - System Requirements Details Windows Vista - RAM 256 MB,
MacOS X 10.3 or later - RAM 128 MB Manufacturer Warranty
- Service & Support 3 years warranty with product registration
- Service & Support Details Limited warranty - 3 years
Product series
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Iomega Home Media Network Drive (500GB)
Manufacturer: Iomega Corp.
Specs: Iomega Home Media Network Hard Drive NAS server,
500 GB,
Mac,
PC,
RJ-45,
Standard,
Ethernet,
Gigabit Ethernet,
Fast Ethernet -
Iomega Home Media Network Drive (1TB)
Manufacturer: Iomega Corp.
Specs: Iomega Home Media Network Hard Drive NAS server,
1 TB,
Mac,
PC,
RJ-45,
Standard,
Ethernet,
Gigabit Ethernet,
Fast Ethernet
Manufacturer info
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- Manufacturer:Iomega Corp.
- Address:
10955 Vista Sorrento Pkwy, San Diego, CA 92130 - Phone: 801/629-7610
- Email: support@iomega.com
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