Has anyone seen this product "Thecus 4000"

[brian_381]

http://cyberlibrary.wsta.org/detail/PROD/1093605880_443.html

Thecus 4000 is a dedicated-purpose networked storage appliance for serious data storage demand. With durable hardware design and advanced software, Thecus 4000 is engineered to deliver both high data availability and high data reliability. RAID 1 & 5 ensures the continuity of data service when any hard drive failure occurs. RAID auto rebuild offers data recovery from a failed hard drive to another newly installed hard drive. Seamless user account integration among Windows PDC (Primary Domain Controller), NIS (Network Information System), the local user database and ACL (Access Control List) provides robust and flexible file permission to secure your critical data.
Thecus 4000 Features
• Four IDE drive bays
• Supports tera-scale storage capacity
• Cross platform file sharing Windows (SMB3.0), Macintosh (AFP3.0), Unix/Linux (NFS)
• Supports Microsoft 2003 Server domain level (PDC) and user level security
• RAID level 0, 1, 3, 5 protection, and JBOD
• Chipset level disk hot-swapping control and disk roaming
• On-line disk hot-spare and data auto-rebuild
• Front LCD panel and web-based GUI for quick configuration
• Remote firmware upgrade
• One Gigabit fast Ethernet port
• SMTP (email) failover notificatio

[Greg Carlson]

Brian,

IDE hdds for a NAS is not an appliance for serious data storage. IDE is good for entry level systems and disk backups. IDE drives inherently fail more than SCSI based and even SATA based drives. This sounds more like you are trying to sell a Thecus NAS device on the HP website.

Ciao,
Greg

[brian_381]

For entry level NAS, HP also has StorageWorks http://www.windowsmarketplace.com/Specs.aspx?itemId=796912
line available, which is also based on IDE drives. I know that StorageWorks is using M$ WSS, and M$ is not providing support for WSS. I am wondering the cost/performance in this kind of products.