MacNN | NAS News http://www.macnn.com/ MacNN is the leading source for news about Apple and the Mac industry. It offers news, reviews, discussion, tips, troubleshooting, links, and reviews every day. The best place for Mac News. Period. en-us NAS, Latest News, Headlines, Stories; http://images.macnn.com/images/macnn-logo-bw.gif http://www.macnn.com/ StorCenter ix2 NAS supports remote access, direct P2P http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/03/17/storcenter.ix2/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/macnn/news/0902/ix2sml.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Iomega has announced several improvements to its StoreCenter ix2 network drive. The NAS device now allows remote access to stored content such as images, videos or documents. Users can navigate to a personalized web address from any browser, where files can be securely uploaded or downloaded. Direct peer-to-peer file transfer is also supported, enabling BitTorrent downloads even when the computer ... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/03/17/storcenter.ix2/ Tue, 17 Mar 2009 20:40:00 GMT QNAP Systems debuts new Intel-based storage system http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/02/05/ts.439.pro.turbo.nas/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/esta/content/0902/ittemp.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />QNAP Systems has announced its latest Intel-based network attached storage (NAS) system, the TS-439 Pro Turbo NAS. The device utilizes a 1.6GHz Atom CPU and provides up to 6TB of storage, with support for online RAID capacity expansion and RAID level migration without turning off the server. The NAS can be connected using five USB 2.0 ports and two eSATA ports. Data can be protected with 256-bit v... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/02/05/ts.439.pro.turbo.nas/ Thu, 05 Feb 2009 21:55:00 GMT HP adds new Mac features to MediaSmart Server http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/12/29/hp.mediasmart.server.gets/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/macnn/news/0812/hp-server-28.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />HP has launched an updated home storage/media server with new Mac-specific functionality. Based on the Microsoft Windows Home Server platform, the HP MediaSmart Server ex485/ex487 functions as a central repository for digital music, videos, photos and documents from multiple computers on a home network. The device automatically organizes files across all PCs (including Macs), streams media across ... http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/12/29/hp.mediasmart.server.gets/ Tue, 30 Dec 2008 03:00:00 GMT Data Robotics offers holiday deal on Drobo http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/11/26/data.robotics.discounts/ <img align='left' src='http://electronista.macnn.com/content/0706/drobo-2.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />In time for Thanksgiving, Data Robotics today started offering a $50 holiday discount in the form of an instant $50 coupon for the driveless model of its of its Drobo storage robot as well as the preloaded 2TB and 4TB versions. This comes in addition to recent, permanent price cuts to the 2TB and 4TB Drobo. As before, all offer a hot-swappable drive functionality that lets users keep a perpetually... http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/11/26/data.robotics.discounts/ Wed, 26 Nov 2008 18:15:00 GMT QNAP announces QGet utility for Mac, Turbo NAS http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/09/08/download.station.enhanced/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/macnn/news/0809/qget-qnap-07.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />QNAP has announced its QGet Utillity for Mac users. QGet offers enhancements to QNAP's Turbo NAS Download Station; the Download Station supports BitTorrent, FTP and HTTP downloading, and QGet allows Mac users to access and remotely manage tasks on QNAP NAS servers, over LAN connections or the Internet. QGet for Mac 1.0.0 works with Mac OS X 10.4 and above, and requires the QNAP Pro Turbo NAS TS-5... http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/09/08/download.station.enhanced/ Mon, 08 Sep 2008 17:05:00 GMT LG launches first NAS with Blu-ray writer http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/08/25/lg.intros.nas.with.blu.ray/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/esta/content/0808/lgn4b1NAS.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />LG Electronics announced over the weekend it will soon bring to market the first Network Attached Storage (NAS) device with an integrated Blu-ray drive to consumers. Meant for home and small business users, the four-bay NAS not only gives users support for hard drives with up to 4TB of storage but also the option of backing up data onto Blu-ray discs regardless of where they are at home.... http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/08/25/lg.intros.nas.with.blu.ray/ Mon, 25 Aug 2008 21:25:00 GMT Sans Digital ships MobileNAS, supports game consoles http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/07/28/new.nas.supports.gamers/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/macnn/news/0807/sansdigital-mn4l-26.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Sans Digital has announced a new network attached storage (NAS) server with RAID and direct attach options, supporting connections to gaming systems. It is available in silver, the MobileNAS MN4L+, and black, the MobileNAS MN4L+B. The server offers digital media playback for the PlayStation (both PlayStation 2 and 3) and Xbox over UPnP and DLNA protocols, adding value to its home server appeal. It... http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/07/28/new.nas.supports.gamers/ Tue, 29 Jul 2008 02:25:00 GMT Buffalo unveils Blu-Ray, HD DVD combo drive, more http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/01/07/buffalos.blu.ray.hd.dvd/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/macnn/news/0801CES/7-buffalo-esta.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Buffalo Technology today unveiled three new external drive solutions, as well as a new combination HD DVD and Blu-Ray reader-writer, at CES 2008 in Las Vegas. The company says its MediaStation Blu-Ray HD DVD drive is the first device of its kind to allow users to both read and write Blu-Ray content. While the drive can write to Blu-Ray optical media, it is only able to read HD DVD formatted discs.... http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/01/07/buffalos.blu.ray.hd.dvd/ Mon, 07 Jan 2008 16:05:00 GMT Review: LaCie Ethernet Disk mini HE http://www.macnn.com/articles/07/12/26/ethernet.disk.mini.review/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/esta/content/0712/laciemini-med.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Network-attached storage has often been the reserve of businesses, and is only now catching on with home users wanting to share a common pool of files between their computers or with others online. But what about as the hub for a media center? With some help from Axentra's HipServ software, LaCie is hoping that its Ethernet Disk mini Home Edition is simple enough that it can stand as storage for... http://www.macnn.com/articles/07/12/26/ethernet.disk.mini.review/ Wed, 26 Dec 2007 21:35:00 GMT Netgear updates ReadyNAS drives, offers 1.5 to 4TB http://www.macnn.com/articles/07/12/21/netgear.readynas.drives/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/macnn/news/0712/21-netgear-esta.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Netgear today announced new drives in its ReadyNAS line of shared network drives, coming in 1.5TB, 2TB, 3TB, 4TB Desktop and 4TB Rackmount sizes. The drives feature a Gigabit Ethernet connector to hook the drive up to networking equipment with Jumbo Frames support which provides maximum data throughput speeds. The ReadyNAS drives feature RAID levels 0, 1, and 5, and use Netgear's proprietary X-RAI... http://www.macnn.com/articles/07/12/21/netgear.readynas.drives/ Fri, 21 Dec 2007 22:10:00 GMT