“Maxtor Corp… unveiled a new rack-mount network-attached
storage (NAS) appliance aimed at resellers serving ISPs and
ASPs.”
“The MaxAttach NAS 4000 appliance offers storage
configurations of 40, 80 or 160 Gbytes. It includes a 64-Mbyte
cache and takes up 1U (1.75 inches) of space in a standard 19-inch
rack, said Don Woods, senior manager of marketing in the company’s
Network Systems Group. It supports Windows, Linux and Unix
environments.”
“The unit can have up to four hard-disk drives, each of up to 40
Gbytes in capacity. The drives can be addressed separately in a
JBOD (just a bunch of disks) configuration, spanned for total
capacity of up to 160 Gbytes, or configured for RAID.”