Thecus has announced a next-generation four-bay rackmount combination NAS / DAS.
Thecus spiffs up RAID5 NAS
Thecus Technology today announced a "completely updated" version of its N4100 RAID NAS.
The N4100+ supports RAID 0, 1, 5, and JBOD modes with hot-swap, hot spare and auto rebuild capabilities. The hardware platform is powered by a 600MHz Intel 80219 CPU, has 128MB of DDR memory, four hard drive bays for 3.5" SATA drives and dual gigabit Ethernet ports.
Supported services include FTP, USB print, iTunes and Mediabolic DLNA. An integrated download manager enables BitTorrent, HTTP and FTP downloading without requiring a PC. Server-to-server backup is provided via Thecus' integrated Nsync service while Windows clients can be backed up using the included Thecus Backup Utility.
The street price will be about $460 when the product is available next month.
Thecus launches combo NAS / switch
Thecus Technology recently announced the N1200 combination BYOD NAS and router.
The N1200 can accept one 2.5" or 3.5" SATA hard drive and has one eSATA and two USB 2.0 ports for capacity expansion. A "one-touch" copy button is provided for easy file back up from digital cameras or USB flash drives.
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