I-O Data's Giga LANDISK: the eco-friendly 750GB gigabit NAS
posted Nov 1st 2006 9:16AM
If that 500GB LaCie gigabit NAS didn't do it for you then try on the new RoHS-compliant (read: environmentally friendly) Giga LANDISK from IO-Data now with up to 750GB of SATA disk. That's right, another network attached storage device with room to grow off additional 1x eSATA or 2x USB 2.0 disks. Lickity quick eSATA disks allow for mirroring your precious data while an additional USB port allows you to attach a remote printer or host USB devices like digital cameras for PC-less data transfer. They've also furthered that Toshiba alliance with the ability to record HD television when connected over gigabit Ethernet to Toshiba's REGZA Z2000 series of Televisions and yeah, it plays nice with DLNA streaming devices like IO-Data's own AVel LinkPlayer. Prices start at ¥33,285 (about $285) for 160GB of disk on up to ¥92,400 (about $790) for that biggie 750GB spinner when they ship in late November. With competition on the rise and prices in free-fall, isn't it about time to move your data to the LAN? Mama always said it was good to share.
I say screw RoHS. Who needs lead-free solder/components anyway? I don't think people are being poisoned by their HDD's.
geez Dave, it's good for the environment. when people dump their old computer out with the trash, the stuff ends up in a landfill, and then it rains, and then hooray, there's lead in my water.
When they can convince me that these tiny NAS devices are not harddrive ovens cooking my data to failure, I'll stick with my well ventilated tower box.
This may be the drive I have been looking for, it (looks like it) has: 1394, eSATA, Gigabit ethernet, and USB, Horay!
Gadget Extremist:
Look closer. The website shows eSATA, 2 USB 2.0 ports, and gigabit LAN, but no IEEE-1394 (FireWire).
In this article you say '750 gigabit' and '500 gigabit. This is incorrect. When speaking of storage, typically we say 'gigabyte'. When speaking of line-speed typically we say 'gigabit'. There are 8 bits in a byte. So if this were truely a '750 gigabit' NAS, that would be a whopping 93 gigabytes, which clearly is not the case. This message was brought to you by the number 3.