Acer ups the Altos easyStore SOHO NAS to 3TB

Acer's been pretty low-key with its SOHO-targeted Altos easyStore NAS offerings, but it's not just letting it wither away either, upping the capacity today to a max of 3TB. The black four-drive tower features a web interface to disk options like RAID levels and automatic backup schedules, and Acer bundles in a bootable CD that allows you to restore from catastrophic system failures. It's not clear when the 3TB easyStore is going to make it out, but the 2TB version has been available for large discounts and garnering decent reviews since August, so you may want to start poking around if you're looking to jump aboard the NAS train.

[phanbouy @ Mar 3rd 2008 7:30PM]

Hey isn't NAS some rapper?

[Zach @ Mar 3rd 2008 9:29PM]

nah made you look!
you a slave to a page in my rhyme book

[Dave @ Mar 3rd 2008 7:40PM]

Any price ideas?

[computer.dude.28 @ Mar 3rd 2008 7:53PM]

Isn't it called Altos?

[Jeebus @ Mar 6th 2008 1:30PM]

No, Altoids

[Casper42 @ Mar 3rd 2008 7:58PM]

So they swapped the 4 x 500GB for 4 x 750GB

I better go tell all my friends.

Are we going to have another article when they finally figure out you can go 4 x 1000GB?

[computer.dude.28 @ Mar 3rd 2008 8:31PM]

Hey, Nilay, you forgot to fix the tags.

[Joshua Walters @ Mar 3rd 2008 9:38PM]

Does it have built in sharing across networks with the 360, PS3, etc? How about torrent downloading in addition to a complete download manager?

If it meets those basic requirements, I might be interested.

[Randy @ Mar 3rd 2008 10:47PM]

If thats the case, then you may want to take a look at a Windows Home server system or a Linux box. NAS devices, while (some are) hackable, they are generally too memory or cpu constrained to everything you just described in one appliance.

[Joshua Walters @ Mar 4th 2008 7:22PM]

Ive seen several NAS boxes that support ALL of those functions, and at a smaller price than this one to. (Ive looked into this one since posting that comment).

I do agree though, the best option for me right now is probably FreeNAS, WHS, or UHS (when they finish it)

[Erik @ Mar 3rd 2008 9:45PM]

No.

[Insert Coin @ Mar 3rd 2008 10:08PM]

This seems a bit out of date. freedom9 holds the North American channel for this NAS. Acer OEM's from freedom9's Parent Company. I believe freedom9 has a 4Tb firmware for this exact model. I'd suggest doing some research before investing in an Acer doppelgänger. =D

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