AngelicSpirit says:
For those that don't know, a NAS drive (or Network Attached Storage), is a unit designed to provide access to files over a network. Essentially it acts a file server without the need to have a PC running somewhere so is an inexpensive way to provide large scale storage over a network.

I have to say I have very mixed feelings about this equipment. On the plus side it is very cheap, relatively easy to setup, looks very nice and has a Gigabit network port providing fast access to the files on the drive. Once configured it provides seamless integration to the PS3 allowing you to view photos and stream music or videos anywhere over your network, including wireless devices.

But you see there's the problem, the "once configured" bit. Despite me saying it is easy to setup, it took me nearly 4 hours to configure it the way I wanted on my network as I had made one simple mistake during the initial setup...I named the drive incorrectly and tried to go back and change it later. The Lacie software interface is somewhat cumbersome and provides little in the way of troubleshooting should the drive stop responding to commands, which it did on a number of occasions as a result of my earlier mistake. The Lacie website and support pages are poor so it can take some while to figure out what the problem is and what you need to do to rectify it.

Unfortunately the unit also ships with out of date software and firmware, so the first thing you'll need to go to the Lacie website and update it (Link Here - Note there are two downloads required. One at the top of the page and the other hidden in the instructions). Despite there being a quick setup guide, I would also thoroughly recommend that you give due consideration to how you want the the system configured, for example what name to call the drive, what IP address to use, usernames / passwords etc.

The only other real complaint in terms of PS3 integration is that synchronisation seems to take a while. Not having had a Media Server NAS drive before, I would have expected it to recognise when new files/data were added and to update the index. This wasn't the case and a manual re-sync was required for the PS3 to see the new data. There is an option to auto sync on a schedule and I would highly recommend that feature is used. There are two "virtual" drives available, one 'private' and one 'public' and both require passwords to access. The public drive is the only visible to the PS3, so any files you want to play from the PS3 must be located there.

Ironically the Windows/Mac interface is perfect. The drive is easily accessible from my laptop and file transferring is a breeze. With the Gigabit network interface copying a 1.6Gb movie file took less than 15 minutes and playing it back over the wireless network resulted in no performance issues. The drive appears as a standard "network share", and you can map a drive letter to it if required. Once done, access is as if it was a local disk drive with full windows explorer features (add, delete, rename, browse, search etc).

It's hard to rate this equipment. On the one hand the interface is poorly designed and problem solving is a nightmare. However, once setup, the drive performs superbly and for the price it's is hard to beat, a Netgear equivalent costs nearly 3 times as much. I would almost certainly buy another one but this isn't a piece of equipment for the faint hearted.
Score 6/10