Model: LG N2R1DD2 2TB Super Multi NAS with DVD Rewriter
Manufacturer: LG Electronics
Provided By: LG Electronics USA
LG Electronics has been a leader in the industry for nearly 50 years. Since the introduction of their first radio in 1959, the company has grown to become one of the world's top electronics manufacturers, offering everything from large home appliances to tiny mobile phones. LG is no stranger to the storage industry either. Working closely with companies like Hitachi, they've lead the way in this area, developing and manufacturing a wide range of optical storage products, including the industry's first "Super-Multi" drives.
Earlier this year, LG introduced its first networked attached storage device, the N4B1. Along with support for multiple RAID configurations, this four-bay NAS offered features like built in FTP, print and iTunes music servers as well as the ability to automatically download data from memory cards and USB storage devices. What really made the N4B1 stand out though was its built-in Blu-ray rewriter. This drive not only served as a secondary storage medium, it made it possible to share a BD, DVD or CD among many users by creating a virtual disc library.
This fall, LG unveiled a pair of two-bay NAS devices, the N2R1 and N2B1. These consumer-oriented storage systems offer many of the same features found on the N4B1 including support for various RAID levels, one touch USB/memory card backup and the ability to burn your data to DVD or, in the case of the N2B1, Blu-ray Disc. The N2R1 and N2B1 also include a number of new features like support for Apple's Time Machine, folder-based mirroring, DLNA media streaming, torrent file sharing and the ability to burn discs and play movies over the network using iSCSI.
For this review, LG sent us the N2R1DD2. While lacking the Blu-ray rewriter found on the N2B1, it came equipped with a pair of 1TB hard drives.
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General Specifications
Super-Multi DVD Re-Writer
LAN Interface
USB Interface
e-SATA Interface
Other Interface
Network File Services
Misc Features
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Needless to say, this is only a taste of what LG's Super-Multi NAS has to offer. To give you an idea of what to expect, we'll take an in-depth look at the N2R1DD2's features and then put it through its paces to see how it performs. Does LG's new NAS have what it takes? Keep reading as we find out.
