Testseek.com have collected 7 expert reviews of the Western Digital Sentinel DS6100 and the average rating is 80%. Scroll down and see all reviews for Western Digital Sentinel DS6100.
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7 Reviews
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Small footprint, compared to a rack, Tight integration with Windows environments, Dual power supplies included as standard, Highquality WD Se hard disks, Can double as an app server, Dedicated OS boot drives, Relatively quiet during use, Solid build quali
Not entirely novicefriendly, 25 user limit in outthebox state, Performance optimisations still required
Building on the foundations of the DX4000, WD has taken its Sentinel NAS and transformed it into a storage-plus-server that offers businesses a wide range of functionality in a small, convenient and powerful form factor. There are improvements in virtual...
Abstract: Part of the new Western Digital Storage Plus range, when viewed from the outside the Sentinel DS6100 NAS appliance looks much like the Sentinel DX4000 we reviewed last year. Inside, however, it’s all change with a lot more to like in this new and comprehe...
Space-efficient chassis with toolless drive bay system, Dual 1Gb Ethernet for aggregation and failover, Can run applications in addition to handling storage needs, Easy to configure all-in-one for small businesses
Limited opportunities for upgrade and customization, Relatively poor performance with Windows Storage Spaces configured for parity striping, No hardware RAID options
The Sentinel lineup of integrated NAS, iSCSI, and small business servers leverages WD's brand and engineering strengths to support integrated microserver and network storage solutions. In practice, the S-Series provides a thin WD wrapper around Window...
sWestern Digital has taken a good look at their previous Sentinel server, the DX4000 and have gone one better. No, make that two, three, ten better. From the outside, you'd be pushed to tell the difference between the old and new generations of Sentinel...
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Published: 2014-02-10, Author: Dave , review by: crn.com.au
Abstract: WD's DS NAS appliances differ radically from the norm, since they deploy as full-blown Windows primary domain controllers. They're among the first to market with Windows Server 2012 R2 Essentials onboard (WSSE R2), and are designed with small businesses i...
Published: 2014-06-20, Author: Frank , review by: hardware.info
Een bijzondere server met interessante mogelijkheden, dat is de WD Sentinel DS6100. Het feit dat er in deze compacte behuizing zes disks zijn verwerkt, een krachtige processor geplaatst is, in combinatie met Windows Server 2012 Essentials maakt het een ...
