The SS4000-E is powered by Intel XScale technology and is designed to support up to four SATA hard disk drives. It uses Raid levels 10, 5 or 1, to provide data protection for NAS.
 
The solution is a suitable investment for entrepreneurs with limited resources, especially those managing start-up operations, who are obliged to meet stringent corporate and technical requirements, comments Shaun Welgemoed, Intel product manager at Annex Distribution.

Users are able to maintain a close eye on the business and avoid complications with secure real-time access to critical working documents, company database information and financial records, he adds.

This means higher levels of productivity and enhanced customer relationship management. Let us use the example of a small advertising agency. If the product is implemented within this very busy, user-intensive and high data exchange environment, it would allow designers to store and easily access large graphic files without any delay. Files can be easily shared and are not placed in any risk in terms of loss or damage due to hardware failure, explains Welgemoed.

The SS4000-E is designed to manage shared files by user names or groups, and features a NAS system with system backup, remote boot and system recovery, he adds.

Intels SS4000-E can act as a Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) server and/or as a DHCP client for easy navigation, the company says. Other features are said to include a user-friendly Web interface for setting up users and access rights. A built-in FTP-server for high-speed file transfers and Web-based management aims to provide system information for disk usage, service status, Raid, system log and current connections.