Thecus unveils a new series of network attached storage servers powered by Intel® Xscale CPUs. The i4500R and i5500 both come with and 512MB of DDR memory and over 100MB/s for read and write under RAID 6. The i4500R is a 1U rackmount solution with up to four hot-swappable SATA drive bays while the i550 gives us five bays. Both units support drives up to 1TB in size.

Both units feature RAID 0, 1, 0+1, 3, 5, 6, 10, and JBOD allowing customization for your user environment. A dedicated hardware controller cuts down on RAID build times significantly. As part of its hardware capabilities, online RAID expansion is available offering on the fly expansion of capacity without downtime. More information on this product can be found at www.thecus.com.