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(7 customer reviews) 7 of 7 people found the following review helpful
Sturdy & Secure Storage,
July 25, 2010 J. S. Peterson "jpswimmer" (Suburban Maryland) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: 2TB G-safe Raid Storage (Personal Computers)
Finally, an excellent solution to my large file redundant back-up needs! With hot-swappable drives, G-Safe allows me to keep a pair of true RAID copies on-site and also use a third drive (bought separately) that I can rotate and keep at an off-site location. I have another G-Safe used for other projects, and it's been working flawlessly for over 2 years. I'm just glad this new larger 2 TB storage format is available for system-wide back-ups. Perfect for Mac Time Machine back-ups, video, photographs, and anything for which you really can't afford to lose a byte. Per GB, it's very reasonable cost for the storage safety you need. Only possible critique: cooling fan is a couple dB above my desk background noise; otherwise fine. Looks great, too.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Great investment for peace of mind!,
March 26, 2011 someone 22 (outer space) - See all my reviews
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I recently purchased this item, looking to keep all my data safely backed up. I have tried many different back up methods. I've used CD's/DVD's but I have to say that I fail at following through regularly plus I would never want to have to transfer data onto a computer after a crash using disks. I have backed up onto my Mac Time Capsule. Great for smaller drives but have you ever tried to back up more than a terabyte wirelessly? How long do you have? I even tried backing up off site as an additional back up system. Same problem as the TC only worse. I have two back up external hard drives but that certainly wasn't enough for me given the importance of my work. I needed redundancy.
As a Mac person, this item made sense to me since it is geared to Mac first. From what I understand, it is easily used by PC types also. When I got it, I just hooked it up, reprogramed my Time Machine and that's been about it. It backs up quickly and, best yet, I don't have to be the...Read more
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
G-Safe Great So Far...,
December 28, 2010 Paul D. Marsh (Sacramento, CA) - See all my reviews
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I purchased this unit to stream videos over my home network to my Apple TV2. So far, it's working fine, and movies look great with 5.1 sound working perfectly with voices in sync with the movies. I save my movies in iTunes and have repointed my iTunes Media library to the G-Safe unit. The only glitch I've noticed so far is when I reboot the iMac, I have to assure the iTunes Media server (the G-Safe box) mounts on the Desktop before iTunes starts up. Otherwise, iTunes won't know the G-Safe unit is available and will reset to its default location on the startup drive. To accommodate this need, I've set iTunes to startup last during reboots of the system. Of course, if you manually startup iTunes you'll never face this timing issue.
In the spring, I plan to get a separate FireWire 800 drive to backup the G-Safe unit. While the G-Safe unit's drive 1 mirrors to drive 2, the only assurance I have that it's working properly is the OK display on the front of the unit. The...Read more
