Synology DS207 Review:Feature-packed NAS for business and pleasure
Some NASes make you choose between fun and work by the features they include. Synology's DS207 Disk Station lets everyone be happy.
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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.
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.
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.
Hammer Storage intros Terabyte dual-drive RAID NAS
Hammer Storage, a division of Bell Microproducts, yesterday announced its ...
Linksys intros small biz managed switches, RAID BYOD NASes
Linksys today announced six new "fully managed" Layer-2 switches and its first line of RAID capable network attached storage solutions with both lines aimed at small business users.
The new switches include two stackable 24 10/100 + 4 gigabit port, two stackable 24 10/100/1000 + 4 SFP port and standalone 24 10/100 + 4 gigabit and 48 10/100 + 4 gigabit models. Four out of the six products include PoE ports and all feature a web management interface as well as SNMP, RMON and Telnet management options.
The new NASes represent the company's first foray into RAID networked storage. Both of the two models support up to four drives and feature redundant power supplies. They come either without drives or configured with 1 TB of RAID 5 storage and support RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 1 + Spare, RAID 5, RAID 5 + Spare, RAID 10, and JBOD configurations.
Thecus announces rack mount RAID NAS
Updated 2/1/2007
Thecus Technololgy recently introduced its 1U4500 Rackmount Storage Device. The 1U4500 is a four-drive SATA NAS supporting up to RAID 10 in a a 1U rackmount form factor.
The new NAS is powered by an ultra-low voltage 1.5GHz Intel Celeron M processor with 512MB of DDR memory. Features include four hot-swappable hard disk trays that accept standard 3.5” SATAII hard disks for up to 3 TB of storage, eSATA port, LCD status display, RAID 0, 1, 5, 6, 10, and JBOD support and dual gigabit Ethernet ports with 802.3ad-based Load Balancing and Failover capabilities.
Infrant ReadyNAS NV+ and 1100: Small steps forward
Tim Higgins takes a quick look at Infrant's newest ReadyNAS family members and finds two nice, but only incrementally better RAID 5 NASes.
Iomega adds new Terabyte NASes
Iomega today announced two new four-drive, SATA II based NASes with hot-swappable drives.
The StorCenter Pro NAS 150d Server runs Linux on a 400MHz CPU with 128 MB RAM and has a gigabit Ethernet LAN and four USB 2.0 ports. It supports RAID 0, 1 5 and JBOD modes, has a built-in print server supporting up to four USB printers and comes in 1 and 2 TB configurations.
Sabio Digital tunes up CM4 NAS
Sabio Digital today announced that it has enhanced its CM4 RAID NAS with FalconStor Software’s DiskSafe Express software.
FalconStor’s DiskSafe Express allows for Bare Metal Recovery (BMR), a process in which users can boot their Windows PCs from the disk image stored on the CM4 in the event of disk failure for a complete recovery of their data "in less than five minutes". Sabio CM4 now includes a single-user license for DiskSafe Express, with additional licenses available for purchase.
ZyXEL enters market with single and dual-drive NASes
ZyXEL has announced single and dual-drive BYOD networked storage devices to kick off its NAS product line.