Networked Storage
2. Networked Storage
The big (pun intended) story in NAS is that some companies are supersizing their NAS offerings. Buffalo Technology has brought its previously Japan-only
Buffalo Technology's TeraStation
Other features include a Journaling File System, compatibility with popular UPS interfaces to initiate smooth shutdown in the event of power loss, USB print server, and client-to-server and server-to-server backup utilities. Port complement includes four USB 2.0 and one 10/100/1000 Gigabit Ethernet port with the USB ports handling connection of printers or additional drives. Buffalo is positioning the TeraStation as both a SMB and consumer product, but the $999.99 price tag when it hits the shelves next month, although very aggressive, will be a bit difficult for most home networkers to justify to their spouse.
Buffalo is also introducing Yellow Machine P400T storage appliance. The "toaster-sized" box also incorporates more networking features than the TeraStation including an 8-port LAN switch, NAT+SPI router / firewall, email backup and recording, web access controls, LAN client backup and RAID 0, 1 and 5 for redundancy.
Anthology Solutions Yellow Machine
What it lacks compared to the TeraStation is USB 2.0 ports for disk expansion and print serving, which is also not included. Pricing and availabilty weren't in Anthology's release, but I'll see if I can get them when I visit their booth.
Also to be seen around the show are previously-announced NAS products such as Iomega's NAS 100d, and SimpleTech's SimpleShare. I'll also drop by NETGEAR's booth to see if they're showing the Zetera-based high-performance NAS.
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