Seagate overhals advanced NAS lineup with Business Storage servers

The new Business Storage NAS servers from Seagate.

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If you haven't heard of Seagate's BlackArmor NAS servers, including the 220 and the 440 models, you didn't miss much or you have missed everything. Almost four years since first introduced, they are now obsolete.

Seagate announced today the replacements, a totally new line of network attached storage servers for small businesses or professional consumers, called Business Storage NAS. The new servers promise to offer a lot more, with faster speeds, better cloud integration, and a host of features.

The storage vendor says the new servers offer powerful backup solutions for Windows, Mac (with native support for Time Machine), and the support for RAIDs (save the single-volume model). The new family include a single-volume server (NAS one-bay), a dual-bay (NAS two-bay), and a four-bay (NAS four-bay) versions. All of them feature USB 3.0, Android-based and iOS-based mobile apps (similar to that... [Read more]