Acer launches easyStore Home Server

[Mr Kleen]

Acer launches easyStore Home Server: 1TB expandable storage for $400

Acer's entering the home server market, and its first entry's gonna be the easyStore AH340-UA230N with built-in Windows Home Server. It's juiced up with Intel Atom 230 processor and 2GB DDR2 RAM, and in addition to 1TB of storage, you've got three 3.5-inch hot swappable bays for a possible total of 7TB of storage. Throw in some DLNA 1.5 certification and a $400 price tag, and you've got yourself pretty decent competitor to HP's MediaSmart lineup. According to the presser, it should be available sometime around now-ish.

[complacent]

I was reading a bit on this myself recently. I admit I was very intrigued. I'm still not sure if the whole drive pool thing vs decent raid 5 (disabled in whs) is worth arguing though.

Let's just say I'm keeping an "interested eye" on this particular section of the market.

[Mr Kleen]

$400 + 3 1TB drives seems like a good deal for a home file server. will keep my eye out for reviews.

[Sabre]

Very cool. I do wonder how well the Atom can handle real time 720p+ transcoding. I know they are quick with the Nvidia chip, but I'd still want to know before buying it.