14 DAY TRIAL // The small and medium business storage market has received quite a few interesting NAS sever solutions in these last few months and Buffalo has just expanded the options list with a series of new units from the TeraStation Pro NAS family.
The first TeraStation Pro Windows Storage Servers were launched by Buffalo in early March, and these new solutions include pretty much the same feature sets as their predecessors but are available in different configurations.
Making our way to the top, the first unit that we encounter is called the TeraStation Pro Duo WSS (WS-WV), supports dual 3.5-inch drive bays, RAID 0/1 and JBOD, and can provide either 2TB or 4TB of storage capacity.
Its older brother, the TeraStation Pro Quad WSS (WS-QVL/R5) raises the number of drive bays available to four as well as the maximum storage capacity to 8TB, while also offering support for RAID 0/1/5/JBOD.
If even more storage is required, Buffalo has announced the TeraStation Pro 6 WSS (WS-6VL/R5) which supports up to six drives for a total maximum capacity of 12TB.
Finally, the fourth unit is called the TeraStation Pro Rackmount WSS and, just as its name implies, it comes as a 1U rackmount NAS which can support up to four 3.5-inch drives and RAID 0/1/5 as well as JBOD.
All of Buffalo's newly introduced NAS servers are powered by Intel Atom processors and come pre-configured to work in the RAID 5 mode (where possible).
“Marrying the TeraStation Pro platform and Windows Storage Server allows Buffalo to once again deliver a cost-effective, reliable storage solution to the SMB storage market,” said Ralph Spagnola, vice president of sales at Buffalo Technology.
“With the power of Windows Storage Server 2008 R2, the TeraStation Pro WSS family is truly extendable into the higher-end SMB and enterprise sector at a faction of the cost of current solutions,” concluded the company's rep.
Buffalo hasn't released any information regarding the release date or the pricing of these network storage solutions based on the Windows Server operating system. (via Slashgear)