This made configuration painless. We attached the Ripper using our NetWare workstation, then gave it an IP address on our network and rebooted it. From there it was no problem to access titles using Windows Explorer or via our Web browser. The Ripper automatically caches any CD or DVD title placed in one of its drives. As the unit is tailored for music or video title delivery, you may not have to hassle with a lot of user authentication and security here.
Administrators can provide users with quick access without a lot of configuration.
However, the unit does provide licensing control for each title to answer that concern. We found that the Ripper delivers as promised on throughput. The trick here is the sequential nature of streaming video or music. Unlike data NAS systems, which often have to contend with sporadic reads from widely physically separated files on the drive, the Ripper can expect its users will want to read the entire contents of a given media file. The software can thus be optimized to cache for this type of delivery.