Iomega StorCenter 400e Expansion Chassis : Computer Hardware

Iomega StorCenter 400e Expansion Chassis Iomega announced an affordable Network Attached Storage (NAS) option for its StorCenter Pro NAS 400r Server, called the Iomega StorCenter Pro NAS 400e Expansion Chassis. This new add-on is targeted at the small-and-medium business segment.

Users can add up to three 400e Expansion Chassis units to a Iomega StorCenter Pro NAS 400r server, with each expansion adding 1 terabyte of storage space to the host NAS device. Thus, a user can initially go for a 400r server which comes in capacities of 640GB to 1.6TB, and as the data needs grow, additional expansion chassis can be added, 1TB at a time.

Connection to the 400e chassis is via Ultra 320 SCSI port to the StorCenter 400r server, with additional 400e being added by daisy-chaining. All participating hard drives can be configured in RAID 0, 1 or 5 configurations. In addition, logical RAID volumes can span across multiple 400e expansion chassis.

The Iomega StorCenter Pro NAS 400e Expansion Chassis comes with a price tag of $3,399 per unit, and will be available in late February 2006. Available online at Iomega's store.

Affordable Storage Expansion

Expand your RAID 5 volume set beyond 4 drives for improved performance and better price per usable gigabyte.

Versatile

Set a RAID 0 for maximum price performance over a larger capacity volume

Easy to use

Extra capacity is up and running in under 15 minutes

Flexible

Up to three 400e Expansion Chassis units (1TB per Expansion Chassis) can be daisy-chained to a single NAS 400r unit for a total of 12 additional hot-swappable SATA hard drives

Effortless Integration

Easy to deploy, manage and maintain and expands storage capacity without network interruption.

Tech Specs

4x250GB Serial ATA-150 hot swap, hard disk drive, 7200RPM, 8MB Cache

RAID 0, 1, 5 and JBOD via 400r system

Two Ultra320 SCSI connectors (one VHDCI and one High Density)

NAS 400r series and 400e Expansion Chassis include: