Netgear SC101 Storage Central

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Hello all

i have a SC101 Storage Central
(http://kbserver.netgear.com/products/sc101v1.asp) but as per my uppgrade ti
vista i can nolonger use it ...

anyone know if it is in MS intrest or Netgers to make the driver .... id
like to be able to use the cabinet still ... it´s not that old and works
perfect for backups and stuff.

Best Regards
Lyam Körkkö
Sweden
 
This is a Netgear product. I don't see Vista mentioned in any of the system
requirements? You might want to email their support people and ask if a
Vista compatible version is available or planned in the near future.
 
This is a Netgear product. I don't see Vista mentioned in any of the system
requirements? You might want to email their support people and ask if a
Vista compatible version is available or planned in the near future.
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The SC101 does not seem to (still) have a Vista compatible driver, even after
the software and Firmware update. (Drives can be set to sleep after a time of
non use (NOT configurable). The unit DOES run cooler.

What seems worse is my Dual Boot XP/Vista system can not load the update (My
other computers have been updated and the SC101 firmware updated to V2) due to
SCSI Miniport driver problems (Might be a clash with my RAID SCSI miniport
driver?) THERE IS NO ROLL BACK according to the Netgear site.
I currently share the SC101 (mounted) drive from a W2k box. Clunky, but I can
get at the files from Vista or W9x (which was also not supported.
Note Netgear has a NEW model now that replaces the SC101.
 
The SC101 completely sucks. The SW inside is antiquated and they do
not provide any Vista drivers still. They shortly removed the message
on their beta driver site which was "will be made available in the
first half of 2007" before. Now the field is emtpy and no message
appears. Moreover SC101 has problems because a cooler is missing and
the HDs run very hot (at least 50-60°C) all time in use which
certainly will strongly decrease the life time of any disk.

I will never buy any netgear product again. Better spend more money on
products from a reliable manufacturer. BTW anybody wants to buy a used
SC101?
 
Thi is just my own opinion, but some hardware/software manufacturers are
using the release of Vista as an excuse to force people to purchase newer
hardware/software instead of simply offering upgraded drivers or Vista
compatible versions.

I can see why they would do this for very old hardware/software, but some of
these products were released within the last year.

Not a good situation.

--

Ronnie Vernon
Microsoft MVP
Windows Shell/User


The SC101 completely sucks. The SW inside is antiquated and they do
not provide any Vista drivers still. They shortly removed the message
on their beta driver site which was "will be made available in the
first half of 2007" before. Now the field is emtpy and no message
appears. Moreover SC101 has problems because a cooler is missing and
the HDs run very hot (at least 50-60°C) all time in use which
certainly will strongly decrease the life time of any disk.

I will never buy any netgear product again. Better spend more money on
products from a reliable manufacturer. BTW anybody wants to buy a used
SC101?
 
The SC101 completely sucks. The SW inside is antiquated and they do
not provide any Vista drivers still. They shortly removed the message
on their beta driver site which was "will be made available in the
first half of 2007" before. Now the field is emtpy and no message
appears.
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My guess is they/Zetera found a fundamental road block with the upgrade.
Moreover SC101 has problems because a cooler is missing and
the HDs run very hot (at least 50-60°C) all time in use which
certainly will strongly decrease the life time of any disk.
Click to expand...
The new firmware does help with the heat by allowing idle drives to spin down.
Use the RAID mode, then I guess no spin down.
I will never buy any netgear product again. Better spend more money on
products from a reliable manufacturer.
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I have to agree with you. This suck for a product I had less than 1 year.
(/Vista/ incompatibility with my old reliable P1 based Netware server *was*
the reason I bout the SC101. Double sucks)
BTW anybody wants to buy a used
SC101?
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Frys was selling (out?) of these at less than $75.
 
My guess is they/Zetera found a fundamental road block with the upgrade.


The new firmware does help with the heat by allowing idle drives to spin down.
Use the RAID mode, then I guess no spin down.


I have to agree with you. This suck for a product I had less than 1 year.
(/Vista/ incompatibility with my old reliable P1 based Netware server *was*
the reason I bout theSC101. Double sucks)


Frys was selling (out?) of these at less than $75.
Click to expand...


You are right, the new firmware does allow to shut down the drives
when idle But this doesn't help at al if you listen to music all day
long. Now in the last weeks we had temperatures around 25°C or higher.
Having the sc101 running will heat up the drive to at least 70-80°C
and you better turn of the station completely if you don't want to
lose your disks. Still no Vista drivers. Triple sucks!
 
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