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Thecus Releases Upgraded Eight-Bay Rackmount NAS

Tim Higgins — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 10:21:17 -0500

Thecus today announced a more powerful version of the eight-bay rackmount NAS released last year.

QNAP Adds "Entry-level" Four Bay Rackmount NAS

Tim Higgins — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 13:38:37 -0400

QNAP today announced a four bay rackmount NAS targeted specifically at SMB and workgroup market segments.

CTERA CloudPlug Reviewed

Jim Buzbee — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 09:39:59 -0400

CTERA's CloudPlug raises the bar (and speed) for external drive-to-NAS wall-warts with its eSATA port.

Do Your Friends and Family Know What A NAS Is?

Tim Higgins — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 13:36:29 -0400

We're on the road this week, so things may be a bit slow on SmallNetBuilder. But thought I'd share this food for thought.

Thecus Beefs Up Its Seven Bay NAS

Tim Higgins — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 15:04:56 -0400

Thecus today announced a new, more powerful version of its seven-bay desktop NAS.

Iomega StorCenter ix4-200d Reviewed

Tim Higgins — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 19:31:52 -0400

Iomega's best NAS yet has a good mix of business and home features, including some backup tricks that are sure to steal some business from NETGEAR.

Seagate Adds Single Drive BlackArmor NAS

Tim Higgins — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 12:24:43 -0400

Seagate today announced a single drive addition to its BlackArmor NAS product line.

QNAP Announces RAID 1 SOHO NAS

Tim Higgins — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 09:34:16 -0400

QNAP today announced a dual-drive NAS for SOHO and "prosumers".

Vembu Beta-ing Local/Cloud Backup Service

Tim Higgins — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 07:22:00 -0400

Vembu Technologies today announced a hosted backup service for consumers that provides free local or paid online backup.

Iomega Debuts New Dual-drive NAS

Tim Higgins — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 05:50:41 -0400

Iomega today announced the next generation of its two-drive desktop NAS.

D-Link Adds Diskful Versions of DNS-family NASes

Tim Higgins — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 10:03:29 -0400

D-Link today said it is now offering versions of its popular DNS-343 and DNS-323 NASes loaded with 1 TB drives.

Synology DS209 and DS209+II Reviewed

Tim Higgins — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 08:00:19 -0400

Synology's latest dual-drive models are surprisingly close in performance, making one a real good value.

CTERA Launches Cloud NASes And Service

Tim Higgins — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 05:44:30 -0400

CTERA Networks today announced its first two "Cloud Attached Storage" devices.

QNAP Adds $450 Four-Bay SOHO, "Prosumer" NAS

Tim Higgins — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 07:28:01 -0400

QNAP today introduced an aggressively-priced four-bay NAS aimed at winning over more consumers shopping for a RAID-5 capable BYOD NAS.

SonicWall CDP 110 Reviewed

Doug Reid — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 10:20:02 -0400

Sonicwall's refreshed continuous backup appliance is still an easy, albeit expensive solution for robust data security.

Seagate FreeAgent Dockstar Reviewed

Craig Ellison — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 10:08:31 -0400

Seagate's DockStar is an easy way to get its FreeAgent and other USB drives onto a network and even the Internet.

Thecus Announces $200 RAID1 NAS

Tim Higgins — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 04:24:02 -0400

Thecus today revealed a new aggressively-priced dual-bay NAS aimed at home users.

NETGEAR Rolls Out "Home Media" NAS

Tim Higgins — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 08:35:50 -0400

NETGEAR today announced a "consumer-friendly" NAS focused on home media storage and playback.

Is A 2.5" NAS For You?

Tim Higgins — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 13:18:55 -0400

Been thinking about going for a 2.5" NAS? We found that at least you don't have to worry about sacrificing performance.

Synology Shipping Diskful NASes

Tim Higgins — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 11:38:51 -0400

Synology announced today that it is now offering diskful versions of many of its BYOD NASes.

HP Slips Out Updated MediaSmart Servers

Tim Higgins — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 08:55:43 -0400

HP has quietly released new models of its four-drive Windows Home Server-based MediaSmart servers with more powerful processors and new software features.

Seagate Announces Cloud-based USB Drive Network Adapter

Tim Higgins — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 07:49:13 -0400

Seagate today announced a network adapter that can make its FreeAgent Go and other USB drives available as networked shares.

How To Build a Cheap Petabyte Server: Lessons Learned

Tim Higgins — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 11:43:14 -0400

You probably don't need 1,000 Terabytes sitting on your LAN. But understanding how one company set out to build their own storage module for a tenth of what vendors charge may help you in your next NAS build.

QNAP Adds Lower-Cost Four-Bay NASes

Tim Higgins — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 07:56:27 -0400

QNAP today introduced lower-cost four-bay desktop and rackmount NASes powered by Marvell processors.

Synology Revs NAS OS

Tim Higgins — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 09:37:30 -0400

Synology today announced the official release of its Disk Station Manager 2.2 OS for its Disk and Rack Station lines of network storage appliances.

An Atom 330 Doesn't Make The NAS: Sans Digital EliteNAS EN104L+ Reviewed

Tim Higgins — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 13:40:34 -0400

Updated 9/3/2009 Just as clothes don't necessarily make the man, an Intel Atom 330 on board doesn't guarantee you're getting a competition-clobbering NAS.

NETGEAR ReadyNAS, Symantec Get Closer

Tim Higgins — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 06:23:47 -0400

NETGEAR today said that its ReadyNAS NASes now support the Remote Agent for Linux and UNIX Servers (RALUS) for Symantec Backup Exec for Windows Servers.

QNAP Bumps Up TS-809 Pro CPU

Tim Higgins — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 06:01:48 -0400

QNAP announced yesterday that, effective immediately, all shipments of its TS-809 Pro NAS will include Intel's Core 2 Duo 2.8 GHz CPU instead of the 2.4 GHz Core 2 Duo previously shipped.

Iomega adds Marvell-powered RAID 5/10 NAS

Tim Higgins — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 05:41:35 -0400

Iomega today announced a four-drive addition to its StorCenter ix4 line.

New To The Charts: QNAP TS-239 Pro

Tim Higgins — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 11:00:00 -0400

Updated 8/24/2009 The QNAP TS-239 Pro has been added to the NAS Charts. It establishes new highs for dual-drive NAS performance.

Buffalo Announces 1U Rackmount NAS

Tim Higgins — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 09:41:15 -0400

Buffalo Technology has announced a new 1U rackmount RAID 5 / 10 NAS.

Thecus N5500 Reviewed

Tim Higgins — Fri, 14 Aug 2009 11:29:23 -0400

Thecus' N5500 brings the power of the seven bay N7700 to a more affordable five bay size and throws in a new AJAX-based web GUI.

QNAP Adds Rackmount Atom NAS Pair

Tim Higgins — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 09:33:24 -0400

QNAP today announced a pair of rackmount four-bay NASes targeted at corporate and entry-level enterprise buyers.

New To The Charts: QNAP TS-219P Turbo NAS

Tim Higgins — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 12:06:32 -0400

The QNAP TS-219P has been added to the NAS Charts.

Thecus Announces 8 Bay Rackmount SAS NAS

Tim Higgins — Mon, 03 Aug 2009 07:41:14 -0400

Thecus has announced its first rackmount NAS using SAS drives.

How To Back Up NAS to NAS - Part 4

Tim Higgins — Mon, 03 Aug 2009 05:00:00 -0400

In Part 4 of our series, we show how to use Buffalo and Seagate BlackArmor NAses as rsync targets.

Seagate BlackArmor NAS 220 Reviewed

Tim Higgins — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 10:52:54 -0400

Seagate once again provides a lot of storage for the money in a small-business NAS, this time in a dual-drive size.

Thecus Launches Dual Drive Size "Combo" NAS

Tim Higgins — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 12:18:12 -0400

Thecus today announced a multi-drive RAID NAS that uses a unique hard drive bay that can handle five 2.5" and three 3.5" SATA drives.

New To The Charts: Seagate BlackArmor NAS 220

Tim Higgins — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 12:48:41 -0400

The Seagate BlackArmor NAS 220 Network Storage Server has been added to the NAS Charts.

New To The Charts: Promise SmartStor NS4600

Tim Higgins — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 10:20:22 -0400

Updated 7/27/2009 The Promise SmartStor N4600 has been added to the NAS Charts.

IOCELL Announces Three-Way SATA Drive Enclosure

Tim Higgins — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 07:09:40 -0400

Updated 7/17/2009 IOCELL Networks has announced a new hard drive enclosure that provides Ethernet, USB 2.0 and eSATA connection options.

Slideshow: Promise SmartStor NS4600

Tim Higgins — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 11:27:31 -0400

Promise's revamp of its NS4300N has a faster processor and much quieter fan. Read the New To The Charts article.

New To The Charts: Buffalo TeraStation Duo

Tim Higgins — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 11:40:23 -0400

The Buffalo TeraStation Duo has been added to the NAS Charts.

Slideshow: Buffalo TeraStation Duo

Tim Higgins — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 09:36:25 -0400

Buffalo's TeraStation Duo is a speedy, dual-drive version of the TeraStation III. Read the review.

How To Back Up NAS to NAS - Part 3

Tim Higgins — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 09:52:18 -0400

In Part 3 of our series, we use a WD My Book World Edition II as an rsync target.

QNAP Releases New Firmware w/ Updated GUI, New Features

Tim Higgins — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 06:14:02 -0400

QNAP today announced that new firmware with a completely revamped user interface is now available for many of its products.

Sans Digital Announces Dual Core Atom 4-Bay Rackmount NASes

Tim Higgins — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 12:52:55 -0400

Sans Digital has announced its new 1U 4-bay EliteNAS series.

Synology Intros "Affordable" 4-bay Rackmount NAS

Tim Higgins — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 09:11:53 -0400

Synology today launched a 1U 4-bay rackmount NAS street-priced below $800.

How To Back Up NAS to NAS - Part 2

Tim Higgins — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 09:46:07 -0400

This time, we find QNAP and Synology make compatible backup partners.

Synology Announces Four-bay 2.5" Drive NAS

Tim Higgins — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 07:07:46 -0400

Synology today officially announced the DS409slim, a four-bay NAS designed exclusively for 2.5" drives with a footprint slightly larger than a large coffee cup.