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Apple Time Capsule gets 3TB storage boost [Ouch: $499!]

Chris Davies, Jun 21st 2011 Discuss [0]

Apple has outed its updated Time Capsule, and as expected the storage has been boosted to up to 3TB. Two models are now available, an entry-level Time Capsule with a 2TB SATA drive, or a new 3TB version. Both support WiFi a/b/g/n with simultaneous use on the 2.4GHz and 5GHz bands. Read The Full Story

Seagate GoFlex Satellite: 500GB of WiFi-drive for your iPad

Chris Davies, May 16th 2011 Discuss [6]

Seagate has unveiled the GoFlex Satellite, the company’s latest external drive, and the first from its range to pack a battery and integrated WiFi connectivity. The Seagate GoFlex Satellite is a 500GB portable HDD, capable of sharing content either via USB 3.0 (using Seagate’s interchangeable GoFlex connector) or with its WiFi b/g/n radio to your iPad, iPhone or Android device.

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D-Link ShareCenter DNS-320 and DNS-325 join the NAS party

Chris Davies, Apr 6th 2011 Discuss [0]

It's obviously a day for NAS; hot on the heels of the Pogoplug Video and Buffalo CloudStor comes D-Links two new home backup and streaming drives. The D-Link ShareCenter DNS-320 and DNS-325 each have a pair of 3.5-inch SATA HDD bays, a USB port and gigabit ethernet, and can funnel your music, photos and video around your home network. Read The Full Story

QNAP Turbo NAS TS-112, TS-212 and TS-412 home/SOHO servers outed

Chris Davies, Jan 31st 2011 Discuss [0]

QNAP has outed its newest range of Turbo NAS servers, the TS-x12 line-up, consisting of 1-, 2- and 4-bay models for a total of up to 12TB storage. The QNAP Turbo NAS TS-112, TS-212 and TS-412 each use a Marvell 1.2GHz processor and 256MB of RAM, and offer local and remote file and media access with remote iPhone and Android streaming using the QMobile app. Read The Full Story

Synology DiskStation DS1511+ packs 15TB (or 45TB with booster drives)

Chris Davies, Dec 22nd 2010 Discuss [0]

Synology has outed its latest NAS, and the DiskStation DS1511+ certainly doesn't skimp on storage space. The five-bay box can store up to 15TB alone, but will also link up with Synology's DX510 expansion units for a total of 45TB. Meanwhile data is shuffled in and out fast, with Synology using link aggregation for up to 197MB/s read rates and 165MB/s write when in RAID 5 configuration. Read The Full Story

D-Link ShareCenter Pulse 2-bay consumer NAS revealed

Chris Davies, Dec 6th 2010 Discuss [0]

D-Link's latest two-bay NAS has arrived, in the shape of the D-Link ShareCenter Pulse. The first product from the company's fledgling consumer-centric refresh, with the DNS-320 packing a pair of 3.5-inch SATA hard-drive bays, UPnP media streaming, iTunes server functionality, standalone BitTorrent downloads and various power management systems that D-Link reckons make the ShareCenter Pulse relatively green. They include hard-drive hibernation and "Green Ethernet", which intelligently controls networking power consumption based on the state of your cabling, together with a smart fan that automatically adjusts according to temperature. You can also schedule fixed downtime, turning the NAS off when you won't be needing it, and use it with Apple's Time Machine backup. Read The Full Story

Plextor PX-NAS4: up to 8TB of power-frugal NAS

Chris Davies, Nov 17th 2010 Discuss [0]

Plextor has outed its latest NAS, the four-bay PX-NAS4. Capable of putting up to 8TB on - or under - your desk, the PX-NAS4 supports iSCSI together with RAID JBOD/0/1/5/10 (with a hot spare bay for RAID 1/5 setups) and both eSATA and USB ports for adding external drives. Read The Full Story

Drobo S v.2 adds USB 3.0 support; DroboPro FS gets offsite Drobo Sync

Chris Davies, Nov 16th 2010 Discuss [0]

Data Robotics has updated its Drobo S backup system, with Drobo S v.2 adding USB 3.0 support for high-speed external drives. As we reviewed back in April, the Drobo S has two FireWire ports and an eSATA connection, along with five 3.5-inch SATA I/II drive bays and the company's BeyondRAID data protection system; the second-gen version keeps all that, but throws in USB 3.0. Read The Full Story

Clickfree C3 Wireless makes backup indecently simple

Chris Davies, Nov 8th 2010 Discuss [0]

Clickfree's latest super-simple backup system has gone on sale, and this time the company is cutting the cord. The Clickfree C3 Wireless is a 500GB drive paired with a WiFi connection, similar to what we've seen from Apple's Time Capsule; the difference, however, is in how straightforward the C3's new BackupLink setup is. Read The Full Story

Pogoplug Pro packs onboard WiFi and $99 price tag

Chris Davies, Oct 11th 2010 Discuss [0]

The bright pink Pogoplug has been updated to the far more somber Pogoplug Pro, with the new model getting a slick black chassis and integrated wireless. Still priced at just $99, the Pogoplug Pro can connect up to four USB 2.0 devices to your network - now either via the wired ethernet connection or using WiFi - and share their contents locally and across the internet. Read The Full Story

DroboPro FS puts 16TB of self-healing backup onto your network

Ewdison Then, Oct 4th 2010 Discuss [2]

Data Robotics has announced its latest network backup system, the Data Robotics DroboPro FS. Based on the Drobo FS launched back in April and the DroboPro from the year before, the DroboPro FS is targeted at small businesses and supports up to eight 3.5-inch SATA-II hard-drives for a maximum 16TB capacity. Network connectivity consists of two gigabit ethernet ports. Read The Full Story