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Tandberg Data has announced it Viking FS-800U 2U NAS appliance that supports up to eight hard disks using SAS 3Gbps or SATA II connectivity.

Isilon has launched the largest clustered network-attached storage (NAS) system in the world with a potential 2.3PB capacity if all 96 nodes have expansion cabinets attached.

I've been on a bit of a green kick around here for the past few months. A computer lab is notoriously power hungry, with servers running at 100 percent utilization for days on end, generating traffic or running test harnesses. There are certain areas where I can make some reductions, however, such as collapsing a half-dozen less-utilized boxes onto a single VMware ESX server. There are some other ways, too.

Buffalo Technology has given a UK launch to what is possibly the world's smallest network-attached server (NAS), the diminutive LinkStation Mini.

The scoop: HP MediaSmart Server, by HP, starts at US$600 (AU$687) (costs vary depending on storage capacity chosen).