Addonics Debuts Secure NAS Appliances ($499)

Addonics Technologies, Inc. announced the Secure NAS series of storage appliances, which combine the benefits of RAID, NAS, DAS and hardware AES 256-bit encryption in one enclosure.  

It is a solution for storing large volumes of sensitive data, for securely transporting large volumes of data between different locations, or for any application that requires protection against data theft.

The Secure NAS can be directly attached to any system via SATA connection, which allows the quick transfer of large data volumes. The same data in the Secure NAS can be shared over a 1GbE network. The entire RAID volume, including the boot sector and partition table, is encrypted. Data written onto or retrieved from the RAID is encrypted and decrypted on the fly by FIPS certified AES 256-bit crypto engine.  Encryption is activated via the insertion of a Cipher key when powering up the Secure NAS. There is no password to remember or the installation of any software.

The Secure NAS R5 model, the first in the Secure NAS family, accommodates up to five 3.5" SATA HDDs. All five drives are configured in a single RAID volume for high performance and reliability. By using RAID-5 configuration, a storage volume up to 16TB can be created by using five 4TB HDDs. Every enclosure includes 10/100/1000 Ethernet port and a USB port that allows attaching up to 15 USB drives to the LAN. It supports data throughput exceeding 85MB/s over 1GbE network.

The Secure NAS includes a built-in SMB/Samba server for file sharing over LAN and a built-in FTP server for file access over the internet. Both models are OS independent.
 
MSRP of the Secure NAS R5 is $499.