The latest addition to the award-winning family of storage appliances from NETGEAR has been recommended by TrustedReviews, the UK's premier source for technology news and reviews. Stora (MS2110), from the leading network and storage vendor, was awarded a score of 9/10 along with the publication's 'recommended' accolade.

The reviewer observes the Stora's 'well considered' features and 'very easy to use interface which should be usable by even the most adamant technophobe'. The full review can be found here.

The reviewer was impressed with the 'incredibly easy set-up' and 'almost insultingly simple' process of changing a drive. He also notes configuring Stora could 'hardly be simpler' and was convinced that even the most computer illiterate of his elderly relatives 'would have no problems using Stora.'

Stora's GBP 190 price point for 1TB of storage, with a spare bay for protection against disk failure, was praised as an 'affordable' NAS device.

Peter Airs, Consumer Storage Product Line Manager at NETGEAR, commented: "Stora is our first network storage product designed from scratch for the novice user. The stylish, intuitive web interface and unique ease of use allows users to manage their digital media and share it in so many different ways."

He added: "Our aim was to develop a storage product for users that are not IT experts. Having TrustedReviews recognise our efforts to bring simple network storage to the home makes it all worthwhile. We hope our customers continue to enjoy storing, sharing and protecting their important media and files with the Stora."

NETGEAR Stora is home media network storage with unique ease of use, remote access and sharing capabilities. Stora incorporates iTunes and DLNA media servers to allow media to be streamed around the home to devices such as media players, games consoles, iTunes enabled devices and much more. The device is compatible with Mac, PC and Linux systems and comes with a pre-installed 1TB disk and one additional bay that can be used to insert an optional second disk on the fly for mirroring. Stora also comes with automatic back-up utilities for PCs and Macs, including support for Vista back-up and Apple TimeMachine, so individual system content is backed-up regularly. With the Premium service enabled, Stora allows users and their designated friends and relatives to remotely access their media files from any Internet-connected device, such as laptops, iPhones, Blackberry's and Windows Mobile Smartphones. The device is covered by an industry leading three-year warranty.

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