![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() There are also some industrial and military NAS designs that rely on SFF drives, but those don’t exactly make up a large slice of the market. The idea of having smaller NAS units on desks and in more conspicuous locations than server rooms and telco closets may mean the market is primed for growth. In fact, the only one to hit our lab in the last many years is the Synology DS411slim which if you ask Synology, they’ll tell you the diminutive NAS was designed more as a proof of concept and a gadget, than a specific-use type of NAS. The move to 2.5″ NAS drives is interesting in that when we look at mainstream NAS vendors, there aren’t exactly a pile of small form factor NASs around. If WD is correct in their market assessment, there will be a growing demand for small form factor NAS devices, and developing Red HDDs in the smaller form factor will give the company a head start. ![]() Today WD has announced new additions to the Red lineup two 2.5-inch drives, which will be the first drives of that form factor on the market that are optimized for use with small network attached storage. The WD Red family of NAS-tuned hard drives is a perfect example of the ways mature technology like the hard drive can continue to be specialized for new applications. ![]()
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