NAS Without the Mass: Vantec NexStar LX Review- Page 4/6
July 24, 2006
By
Thomas Soderstrom
Setup and Administration
The NexStar LX uses an easy, Web browser-accessible interface to set it up as a local network drive and/or FTP server, to access maintenance options, and to configure disk utilities.
Main setup screen, where a user can configure the drive in its home network.
Disk maintenance utilities. Here, a user can run error-checking tools, format a disk, and specify the amount of time until the drive spins down.
Configuring the device as a LAN storage server is fairly simple. Here, a user can administer password-protected directories:
The device is also a capable FTP server, for making data available across the Internet. As with locally shared folders, FTP directory access can be controlled and password-protected:
Events
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