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Maxtor builds performance, features into the Shared Storage II Print E-mail
Jim Buzbee   
August 24, 2006

Features

After the initial configuration was complete, I returned to the main web configuration page of the SSII as shown in Figure 2 to see what additional options were available.

Main Web Interface

Figure 2: Main Web Interface

"Account Management" (Figure 3) held options for the creation and deletion of user accounts and for the specification of read-write privileges.

Many NAS devices on the market allow definition of user groups so that you can manage an entire set of users as a whole with read/write privilege, quotas, etc. but the SSII has no such capability. Maxtor is evidently aiming at the home market rather than SOHO / SMB buyers where such capabilities would be more appropriate.

Account Management

Figure 3: Account Management

When I started exploring the "Shared Folders Management" menu, I found standard options for the creation, suspension and deletion of shared network folders (Figure 4).

Shared Folder Creation

Figure 4: Shared Folder Creation

The SSII supports the SMB network file system protocol, so can be accessed by Windows XP, Mac OS X and Linux clients. If you're looking for Apple File Protocol (AFP) or NFS support, however, you won't find it.



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