Reviewer’s Guide: Seagate BlackArmor NAS 440
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The Cost of a Lost Data Records
Disk drives rarely fail, but it is a fact of that it does happen. According to a 2010 study by
Parks Associates, it is estimated that every day 126,000 people in the U.S. and U.K.
lose data on their computers, and that two out of five PC users have lost digital files at
some point in their lives. The cost of lost data from computers to businesses can be
even more substantial as reliance on information and data as economic drivers for
businesses continues to increase. Hence, businesses must be proactive in protecting
this important resource.
This is the purpose for the BlackArmor NAS, to protect valuable business critical data
and to optimize uptime. This objective is achieved by BlackArmor NAS in that data is
spread across the four drives that run as a fault-tolerant RAID 5 array.
The Seagate® BlackArmor™ NAS 440 and NAS 420 are designed to help small
businesses prevent the negative impacts of data loss or corruption.
Part 1: Product Overview
Introduction
The Seagate® BlackArmor™ NAS 440 and NAS 420 are expandable network-attached
storage solutions that provide small business and small-office/home-office (SOHO)
organizations with a centralized, secure way to manage business-critical information and
data with easy-to-use features. It is perfect for small organizations that have little or no
IT support and for SOHO-based individuals who maintain their own hardware. The
Seagate BlackArmor NAS 440 and 420 network storage servers were originally
introduced in March 2009 and have since then been continually updated with new
firmware and greater capacities.
Capacity and Pricing
The BlackArmor NAS 440,420 and 400 use the same enclosure, which houses up to
four hard drives. The NAS 440 ships with four Seagate Serial ATA (SATA) hard drives;
the NAS 420 ships with two and the NAS 400 ships without drives allowing the customer
to choose from a list of certified Seagate drive designed to meet varying business needs.
The 420 can be upgraded at any time by installing drives in the two open bays. These
configurations allow companies to choose the right amount of storage to meet their
immediate business needs and add more as their business grows.
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