NAS 7800 Board From VIA Technologies

VIA Technologies, Inc.
announced the VIA NAS 7800 board, specifically designed to meet the
needs of thin server and NAS segment system builders.

Thin
servers such as network attached storage are proving increasingly
popular with small and medium sized enterprises looking for secure,
energy-efficient data storage without investing in large, expensive and
power-hungry corporate solutions. Boasting up to eight S-ATA II ports
and two Gigabit ports, the VIA NAS 7800 combines extensive storage
flexibility and a power-efficient, secure platform to meet these needs.

Powered
by a low heat, energy-efficient 1.5GHz VIA C7 processor, with an
optional fanless VIA Eden sku, the VIA NAS 7800 board also features a
proprietary MFX module for comprehensive wake-up scheduling, allowing
IT managers to power servers down at nights or weekends for
considerable savings on electricity usage.

The VIA NAS
7800 uses a unique 19cm x 14.3cm form factor, same size as a standard
optical disk drive, with I/O aligned to allow easy integration into
standard drive-sized chassis or even in multiple configuration within a
1U server, offering an innovative approach to NAS systems for small and
medium sized businesses.

Complete system security is
assured through the onboard TPM module for key generation and storage
and the VIA PadLock Security Engine integrated directly onto the
processor die, which when enabled provides ultra fast, military grade
hardware encryption and decryption of data.

“The VIA NAS
7800 is designed to address the needs of the modern digital work place,
making it ideal for the new generation of thin server products for
small and medium sized enterprise,” said Daniel Wu, Vice President, VIA
Embedded Platform Division, VIA Technologies, Inc. “VIA’s segment
specific products are spearheading targeted platforms with
industry-leading power efficiency, security and reliability.”

The
VIA NAS 7800 is powered by a VIA C7 1.5 GHz processor with optional
fanless VIA Eden-based skus available to project customers. Scalable
storage needs are more than adequately met with the support for up to
eight S-ATA II ports with 1.5Gbits/sec and 3Gbits/sec data transfer
rates, and for Native Command Queuing. Network support includes Gigabit
Ethernet ports and an optional integrated IEEE-802.11g VIA wireless
module.

Featuring the VIA CN700 chipset, the VIA NAS
7800 supports up to 1GB of DDR2 system memory, integrated VIA
Unichrome Pro Integrated Graphics, an onboard IDE connector, a type-I
Compact Flash slot, two COM ports and up to 6 USB 2.0 ports. The unique
19cm x 14.3 cm form factor matches that of a standard optical drive bay
for easy deployment in standard disk drive chassis.

The
VIA NAS 7800 features a TPM chip for superior software and content
security. Security can be further augmented by enabling the VIA
PadLock Security Engine, a hardware based security technology that
provides the latest military-grade key encryption and protection with
the world’s fastest x86 security engine. A fully programmable MFX chip
provides flexible system scheduling with wake-up, stand-by and event
logging functions. A software WatchDog timer is included along with
5V/12V pins for an LCM/Keypad user interface and both GPIO and DI ports
with SMI hardware interrupt functions.

The NAS 7800 has an operating temperature of 0–60oC and supports Microsoft Windows 2000/XP/XPe, and Linux.

VIA
Technologies, Inc.