One of the surprises from today’s meanderings around the halls of the Berlin Messe at IFA was to see a major CE manufacturer showcasing a NAS device on their stand.
In amongst 37,000 different LCD and Plasma displays, LG had a large part of their stand set aside for their N4B1 Network Attached Storage Device – a 4 Bay Linux-based device similar to those we’ve seen from manufacturers like Netgear, Synology and others with the added extra of a Blu-Ray disc writer which can be utilised for additional back-ups.
Stage presentations were being given on the hour by LG staff regarding the features and usage of the device, which is positioned for both home and small business.
[Photos: Trusted Reviews]
As it stands, the LG device is a great looking piece of kit, and LG have tried to spec it up a little, bundling the unit with an iTunes Server, Remote Web Access, FTP Server and other software.
It’s not the extensible platform we know and love in Windows Home Server, but it does seem that backup and storage solutions have started to hit the mainstream. It’ll be interesting to see if other manufacturers jump on board at CES in January.
30. August 2008 at 5:26 pm
Looks like it’s made for WHS! So the first thing I’d do is remove Linux and install WHS on it
31. August 2008 at 9:00 pm
Actually looks like it’s made for the open source Home Server software from http://www.amahi.org
Do everythin gyou can do with Windows Home Server, plus VPN, cross platform compatibility, multiple format media streaming and an extensible platform to grow with your needs …
1. September 2008 at 5:30 am
That thing looks very sexy! And Blu-Ray to boot, very nice! But what kind of hardware does it have? Dual core? Memory? I am guessing it is a low spec chip on low spec memory based on the linux OS. Not that you couldn’t put hi spec and Linux together, but most manufacturers don’t.