RAIDzilla: DIY RAID5 NAS with Attitude
What do you do when off-the-shelf NASes don't meet your storage needs? Terry Kennedy created a 16 drive RAID5 NAS.
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Linksys NSS4000 Review: Biz-class NAS with pizazz
Linksys is aiming its new four-drive RAID NAS family squarely at business users who will appreciate many of its unique features.
Does Drive Performance Matter in your NAS?
Bill Meade found that expensive drives don't necessarily bring higher NAS performance.
Iomega adds rackmount Terabyte RAID NAS
Iomega today announced a new rack-mount addition to its NAS product line. The new Iomega StorCenter Pro NAS 450r series is based on Microsoft Windows Storage Server 2003 R2 running on a Dual-Core Intel Xeon hardware platform packaged in a 1U rackmount format.
Four hot-swappable 7200-RPM SATA II drives can be configured for RAID 0, 1 or 5 and other hardware features include dual gigabit Ethernet connections, ECC memory, and an Ultra 320 SCSI (VHDC1) connection for high-speed archival backup. 250 and 500 GB drives are supported for a total of 1 or 2 GB of storage.
SMC announces first RAID NASes
SMC today announced the first of its TigerStore SMB NAS Storage Servers. The SMCNAS04 is a BYOD NAS with four SATA drive slots to accommodate up to 3TB of storage. The same chassis is also available as the SMCNAS24 with four 250GB drives.
Both products support RAID 0, 1, 4, and 5, with "future options" for JBOD and BIG. Features include drive hot-swappability, integrated four port gigabit switch and three USB 2.0 ports for drive expansion, printer connection or connection to USB-enabled UPSes.
Buffalo LinkStation Live Review: Slower than Pro, but media it does show
Buffalo's "consumer" version of its speedy LinkStation Pro gains a buggy media server but loses some speed.
HP announces small biz NAS
HP yesterday announced a new version of its Media Vault ...
LaCie Ethernet Big Disk: Super size me
If you want Terabyte-sized storage and don't care about RAID, consider LaCie's Ethernet Big Disk.
Coolmax CN-570: The Swiss Army Knife of BYOD NASes
Coolmax' CN-570 seems to have something for everyone looking for an inexpensive way to put a spare IDE or SATA drive back into action.
Hammer Storage intros Terabyte dual-drive RAID NAS
Hammer Storage, a division of Bell Microproducts, yesterday announced its ...
NAS too slow? Try DAS
NAS seems to have eclipsed direct attached storage (DAS) as the product of choice for large, robust file handling. But Bill Meade looks at Norco's DS-500 eSATA DAS to see what NAS buyers might be missing.
Zetera announces new SMB networked storage line
Zetera today announced a new line of networked storage solutions ...