Four Asustor Enterprise 1U/2U Rackmount NAS

ASUSTOR Inc., a subsidiary of ASUSTeK Computer Inc., announced four new enterprise-level 1U and 2U rackmount NAS devices.

These devices consist of the four drive bay AS-604RS and AS-604RD models and the nine drive bay AS-609RS and AS-609RD models.

They come equipped with the Intel Atom 2.13 GHz dual-core processor which combines performance with low power consumption. Furthermore, all devices are verified as VMware, Citrix and Hyper-V ready, providing businesses with a flexible and cost-efficient virtual storage solution.

"Our new rackmount NAS models include the type of hardware specifications required by the most demanding business environments such as dual gigabit Ethernet ports, eSATA and SuperSpeed USB 3.0 interfaces and support for hard drive hot swapping," said Johnny Chen, product manager at ASUSTOR. "The AS-604RD and AS-609RD models also feature redundant power supplies meaning that should the primary power supply fail, a second one will automatically start running to keep the NAS powered on. This undoubtedly gives businesses the type of 24/7, round-the-clock, uninterrupted access that they need."

New rackmount NAS devices all come with ASUSTOR Data Master (ADM), a NAS OS designed around the use of Apps. Pre-installed NAS Apps include Activity Monitor which dynamically monitors the NAS and Access Control which allows to create accounts and configure access rights.

All devices also feature 2-way backup via Rsync, FTP and Amazon S3. Additionally, users can use ASUSTOR’s App Central to add functionality to their NAS by downloading Apps such as RALUS (Symantec Backup Exec’s remote agent) which allows businesses to remotely backup and restore their data stored on the NAS.

ASUSTOR NAS devices provide cross-platform file sharing, allowing users to connect to their NAS device using Windows, Mac OS, or Unix-like OSs.

All devices come pre-installed with ADM Defender, which protects users’ data against all malicious attacks. Secure multi-tenancy and SSL encryption also allow users to access their data in a protected environment. As well, they also support military grade AES 256-bit encryption for each individual shared folder.