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. Mosey on after the break for a look at the its innards.

[WilfBrim Posted May 26th 2009 12:09AM]

Late reply, but there is a free (for now) Jungle Disc plugin for WHS. It uploads to Amazon S3. Will probably be cheaper for most people than Carbonite.
http://www.jungledisc.com/homeserver/index.aspx

[wegotserved Posted May 21st 2009 2:07PM]

Hands-on review of the Acer Aspire easyStore Home Server right here:

http://www.wegotserved.co.uk/2009/04/30/hands-on-acer-aspire-easystore-home-server/

It's a great home server, especially for the price....

[(Unverified) Posted May 21st 2009 4:44PM]

Acer's customer service sucks too hard to buy anything with the Acer label on it.

[ferris209 Posted May 21st 2009 6:29PM]

I'm pretty excited about this, I've been wanting a home media server FOREVER, it's just always been too far out of my money range and I did not not to build it since I tend to always overdo things. This is the perfect solution, I'll probably pick one up in a couple of months, hopefully HP and Acer start a price war since they seem to be targeting the same audience (mostly amatuer techies who want a home media server), but who knows.

[gadgetfanboy Posted May 21st 2009 10:48PM]

I'd love to see a direct review between this, and the HP MediaSmart LX195 ( http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/29/hp-mediasmart-lx195-boasts-640gb-hdd-1-6ghz-atom-400-msrp/ )

They are similar in spec, form factor, and price. Engadget editors, I bet you can get some test units :)

[(Unverified) Posted May 22nd 2009 12:04AM]

nice, but i'd rather get a DROBO

[VargasBrown Posted Nov 17th 2009 10:31AM]

I couldn't find a Drobo vs WHS review... why would you choose Drobo over WHS?

[(Unverified) Posted May 23rd 2009 7:23AM]

can somebody explain (or direct me towards) a comparison between the Drobo 4-bay solution with NAS expansion and the Acer Easystore just released? I am based in the UK , so HP MediaSmart is out of the question.
Thanks!

[(Unverified) Posted May 23rd 2009 7:24AM]

Hi, can somebody explain (or direct me towards) a comparison between the Drobo 4-bay solution with NAS expansion and the Acer Easystore just released? I am based in the UK , so HP MediaSmart is out of the question.
Thanks!

[(Unverified) Posted May 23rd 2009 9:54AM]

and how about the latest from Seagate? Would love to see that one compared as well...

[(Unverified) Posted May 23rd 2009 9:55AM]

http://www.seagate.com/blackarmor/?intcmp=ilc-blackarmor-stxhphero

including the link now

[elistuy Posted May 26th 2009 12:04AM]

i think there is like a $300 difference

[(Unverified) Posted Jun 1st 2009 3:59AM]

anyone in the US that has one of these, know if the power supply is both 110v and 220v ?

[(Unverified) Posted Jun 26th 2009 9:32AM]

This was a great buy for me! I was very happy with it. I got hung up installing a couple other things like PHP and MySql that I describe in my blog about it but overall has been a great experience.

http://seanmcilvenna.com/blog/7-general/21-experiences-with-my-new-acer-easyshare-server