14 DAY TRIAL // Western Digital, one of the few leading storage manufactures that haven't yet ventured on the SSD market, has announced today the introduction of its new WD ShareSpace product lineup, a high-speed network storage system that can provide a cost-effective, centralized storage for small office and home networks.
The WD ShareSpace is the company's first product to address the small-office network storage market and that is meant to bring the benefits, design and value of the WD My Book and My Passport to a new class of users.
“With the WD ShareSpace storage system, small offices and home network users can experience the same centralized storage and data protection often found only in big corporate data centers,” said Jim Welsh, vice president and general manager of WD's Branded Products and Consumer Electronics Groups. “The set-up process is a breeze, so you can be up and running in a matter of minutes. This WD ShareSpace system offers big-time storage without the need for a big-time IT department.”
In terms of performance, the new WD ShareSpace has been designed to deliver a maximum of 4TB of storage capacity in a small form factor, 4-bay storage system that features a Gigabit Ethernet interface.
In addition, the new ShareSpace network-attached storage systems can easily be configured, and offer a simple way for small offices and workgroups to centralize storage, which is then accessed both within the network and remotely via WD's MioNet remote Web access service. The company will also provide its new ShareSpace storage system with the WD Anywhere Backup software, enabling users to select specific files or folders to be backed up.
Price-wise, the new ShareSpace network storage systems from Western Digital, offered in capacities of 2TB and 4TB, are currently available at select retailers and WD's online store for a MSRP of US$699.99 and US$999.99, respectively.