Seagate BlackArmor NAS 440 Expert Reviews

Last month we reviewed Western Digital's MyBook World Edition, a small, white, single-drive, one-terabyte NAS box aimed solidly at Joe User. This month, we have the Seagate BlackArmor NAS 440, the MyBook's polar opposite in many ways. It's big, it's ...

The LCD display offers system status information and a few buttons to navigate with, but the real power comes from the BlackArmor's web interface, which is easily accessible from the BlackArmor Discovery software included with the NAS. The Discovery ...

Seagate has long been known as a reliable provider of storage products. While these include hard drives and direct-attached devices the company has not previously been a major name in networked storage, which is one reason that the release of the ...

seagate blackarmor nas 440 review: Although Seagate BlackArmor is difficult to use for networking novices, it is a good choice for small business and advanced users.

Fast throughput • Hassle-free remote access • Excellent backup solution ;

Requires more than basic networking know-how to take advantage of its advanced features • Lacks port aggregation • Has scant instructions • May not be compatible with some routers ;

Although Seagate BlackArmor is difficult to use for networking novices, it is a good choice for small business and advanced users.

Fast throughput, Hassle-free remote access, Excellent backup solution

Requires more than basic networking know-how to take advantage of its advanced features, Lacks port aggregation, May not be compatible with some routers

Low power consumption, bare-metal backup and restore, discovery utility also does drive mapping, Gigabit Ethernet LAN port aggregation and fail-over

Scanners and multifunction units not supported, discovery utility will map even if sharing is disabled on workstation, no Active Directory, NT Domain, or LDAP support for user authentication

The Seagate BlackArmor NAS 440 is more than just a small Linux box with Webadmin slapped onto it. Although late to the crowded SMB storage market, the BlackArmor appliance is a solid filer with a level of polish that should make it welcome in any ...

Although Seagate's BlackArmor 440 is not the easiest NAS server to set up and use, it's a good choice for small businesses and advanced users.

Fast throughput, Hassle-free remote access, Excellent backup solutions, Many customisation options., RAID 5, RAID 0, RAID 10 and Span support, Tool-less design and great expandability

Networking know-how required to exploit its advanced features, Lacks port aggregation, Scant instructions, May not be compatible with some routers

Considering its large size, the BlackArmor's fan is surprisingly quiet. Also, it's the first NAS server we've seen that lets you replace its cooling fan. This is a useful feature, because over time the fans tend to collect dust, become noisier or ...