Maxtor MaxAttach NAS 4000

Pros: It's NAS -- just turn it on, and it's supplying storage for your LAN.
Cons: No hot-swap.

The company I work for requires a ton of storage and high-availability. We currently use RAID storage subsystems (RAID5 with hot-swap capability, +1 hot spare). This basically means that up to TWO drives can fail without any administrative intervention...

Pros: Easily setup and maintained
Cons: Unreliable, perticularly in a Windows2000 environment

We purchased two NAS 4000s to act as our primary file storage system. We are a small (35 users) branch office of a medium sized software company. Being a software company, we need a large amount of reliable, redundant network storage space. This storage...

Pros: LAN Storage
Cons: Not a mission critical system

Hello,

I just purchased a MaxAttach 4000 for our center. I need to backup a lot of data but it seems that this storage only supports Spanning and Mirroring. The advantages of Spanning is that you get the space you need and your money worth....

Pros: Easy easy install, good price, easy daily administration, fair tech support
Cons: Unreliable, frequent interruption in services, takes forever to reboot

When we were looking for a NAS device we were amazed at the excellent bargain the maxtor unit offered . We bought it for a shade over $2000 and the install was so simple. We had it running in less than half an hour. We have a small WAN network with the...

Pros: Will NOT fail you
Cons: not the fastest thing there is

I know for a fact that Maxtor, out of all companies will not fail you. I had even had a few of these drives, and took them through the most abusive testing imaginative. For a half year straight I turned the power off without any type of shutdown process,...