Iomega announced two new network attached storage systems, the 2-bay StorCenter px2-300d and the 4-bay StorCenter ix4-300d. Both models are designed to deliver fast storage, data protection and cloud connectivity for small-to-mid-sized businesses and distributed enterprise locations. They connect to your network via Gigabit Ethernet and allows users to share and access files locally and remotely. The px2-300d is powered by Intel’s dual-core Atom D525 processor with 2GB RAM, while the 4-bay ix4-300d boasts Marvel Armada XP 1.3GHz dual-core CPU and 512MB RAM. They come with

      Thecus has just announced the N4100EVO, the first 4-bay NAS device powered by a Cavium dual-core processor. The unit supports hardward RAID and is equipped with a dedicated XOR engine to lighten the load of building RAID and free up the CPU to keep your NAS running fast. There is also RAID Accelerator for building RAID quicker. The Thecus N4100EVO has four SATA hard drive bays and two USB Host ports for connecting external storage devices. It has 256MB of RAM, and has dual 10/100/1000 BASE-TX Auto MDI/MDI-X LAN ports. The NAS includes built-in FTP/SFTP server, iTunes

Netgear launches two new network attached storage systems (NAS), the ReadyNAS Duo v2 and ReadyNAS NV+ v2 fir home and small business users. The 2-bay Duo v2 and 4-bay NV+ v2 both include hot-swap disk drive bays and automatic capacity expansion. They also has USB 3.0 ports for faster backup and transfer rate. The ReadyNAS Duo v2 and ReadyNAS NV+ v2 are powered by 1.6GHz processor with 256MB of memory. They support 3.5-inch desktop hard drives and are available as diskless chassis or with up to 4TB of storage. Coming in 13 November, the ReadyNAS Duo v2 and ReadyNAS NV+ v2 starts

QNAP TS-119P+ QNAP launches a new line of affordable Turbo NAS servers for home and SOHO networks, the single-drive TS-119P+, dual-drive TS-219P+ and the 4-drive TS-419P+. They are boosted by Marvell’s 1.6Ghz embedded processor and 512MB of DDR3 memory. QNAP TS-219P+ These Turbo NAS servers have hotswappable drive bays supporting 2.5-inch and 3.5-inch SATA II hard drive with up to 2TB capacity. The TS-219P+ supports RAID 0/1, and the TS-419P+ supports RAID 0/1/5/6/5+hot spare with online RAID capacity expansion and online RAID level migration. The TS-419P+ has two Gigabit

Optical storage maker Plextor has just announced the PX-NAS4 4-bay network-attached storage system. It features dual LAN ports for a substantial bandwidth up to 2Gbps data acces to support the increasing data demands and needs of small and medium-sized businesses. It has four SATA hot-swap drive bays for up to 8TB data storage capacities. The Plextor PX-NAS4 supports iSCSI and advanced volume encryption using an AES 256-bit algorithm. It offers multiple disk configurations: JBOD, RAID0, RAID1, RAID5 or RAID10, with a hot spare bay provided for immediate drive replacement if a

QNAP brings two new mid-range Turbo NAS servers for business, the 2-bay TS-239 Pro II+ and the 4-drive TS-439 Pro II+. As upgrades to the TS-239 Pro II and TS-439 Pro II, these two new Pro II+ models are powered by a faster 1.8GHz Intel Atom D425 processor and 1GB of memory. They are compatible with VMware, Citrix and Windows 2008 Hyper-V clusters virtualization platform, ideal for file sharing, backup, and advanced server applications in the office environment. The TS-239 Pro II+ and TS-439 Pro II+ can house 2.5-inch and 3.5-inch hard drives with their lockable, hot-swappable

Other than the M200 HD media player, Uebo also brings the S400 Connected Storage, a 4-bay network storage server. THe S400 has four hot-swappable drive bays for SATA I/II hard drives up to 2TB, five USB 2.0 ports and one eSATA port for external storage. It supports RAID 0, 1, 5, JBOD settings. The Uebo S400 offers two Gigabit Ethernet ports and supports Wireless LAN via optional USB WiFi adapter. Uebo’s NAS supports iSCSI Target with Virtual Disk Support and comes with built-in BitTorrent client. The Uebo S400 system is priced at $379.99. [uebo]

QNAP adds to its Turbo NAS line the TS-239 Pro II and TS-439 Pro II mid-range NAS servers. The former has two drive bays while the latter offers four bays, supporting both 2.5-inch and 3.5-inch SATA hard drives. QNAP’s new NAS servers are powered by 1.66GHz Intel Atom D410 processor, 1GB of RAM and 512MB flash memory. They have two Gigabit Ethernet ports, five USB 2.0 ports and two eSATA ports. These Turbo NAS devices are compatible with VMware’s vSphere4 (ESX 4.0) and supports iSCSI service, SPC-3 Persistent Reservation, SAMBA/ FTP Access and IPv6 (Internet