Silverstone DC01S All in one Network Storage/Server Review

1. Introduction2. Silverstone SST-DC01S3. iSharing Web OS4. Performance5. Closing Thoughts6. View All Pages

Silverstone have opted to use a Web-Based operating system for the DC01S which is called iSharing. As such there is nothing to install on any computer, although you may wish to download and install the free app for iPhone, and iPad.

This choice of having access fully web-based is sensible but we have seen in the past that it can be a very slow way of doing things. In its simplest form however, you have access to the Silverstone DC01S via your local network, by means of typing in the IP address, very much like accessing your router. If you don't know the IP address  then there is a nifty iSharing finder program available from the Silverstone website.

As the Silverstone is an All in one Network Storage and Server device the preferences and settings page has quite a few options. We can see the section of System Information which includes Registration allowing the user to log into the Silverstone device via the internet using a username and the www.myakitio.com DNS.

You will also notice that Silverstone have opted for a Windows/Mac OS style appearance with the use of windows and the dock at the bottom. This does allow you to have several windows open at the time and to position them across the screen.

There is a very useful disk manager built in, which allows the user to Format and Delete Partitions as well as allowing for a Raid set-up to be created.

All the windows can be opened full screen, although the bottom dock stays on top. This is the My Server window which allows you to access all the files on your device and external drives, as well as uploading and downloading files.

The Silverstone DC01S also includes a Media Player, which is very simple to use.

They have included a Social Media section which supports Facebook, Flickr and Youtube. On top of this, you can only access images and video files you have uploaded to these three social media sites. You are not able to access any other parts of the site, which is a shame as this would have added a whole extra level of features.

A feature we are seeing more and more is a download manager, which allows files to be queued and then downloaded via the device. In this case, the Silverstone implementation is very easy to use but unfortunately it does seem rather temperamental with some files.

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