8. NAS

I found lots of higher-end products from Planet, Digital Data, and IEI (QNAP). QNAP is another OEM/ODM trying to do some brand-building and they have some interesting SOHO, SMB products such as the NAS-101R and its wireless sibling the NAS-101RW. QNAP also makes dedicated mail servers.

Vendors are trying different approaches to reduce entry cost for NAS drives. XIMETA has its NDAS technology in the form of its NetDisk products [reviewed here] and OvisLink is trying yet a different approach. Their MU 5000FX is a BYODisk SAMBA server that sports two USB 2 and one 10/100 Ethernet ports and has all the smarts needed to convert USB 2.0 disks to NAS devices. It's expected to be out in July / August and pricing hasn't been set. I asked to get one for review when it's ready.

There were also scads of USB2 drives and enclosures. JSTAC had a little twist with its fingerprint-secured Victoria line. It also offers a NAS device in the form of their Ocean line.