[geeks] Interesting small NAS chassis from Intel

Sridhar Ayengar ploopster at gmail.com
Mon Dec 3 13:01:28 CST 2007


Lionel Peterson wrote:
> Hello all,
> 
> Came across this, thought some might be interested: Intel ss4200-EHW
> [0] server chassis with 4 SATA II bays, Celeron 420 CPU, 512 Meg RAM,
> Gigabit Ethernet, and 4x USB 2.0 ports. Price appears to be around
> $425, but I can't find it in-stock anywhere (several places have it
> for special order).
> 
> It isn't the cheapest solution, but to be honest, it isn't that bad
> (if you just want something that will work) - not sure if Solaris
> will run on it (it should), but Intel is pushing it for things like
> Windows Home Server[1] and more mainstream server applications.

Bleh.  If it had four full-size drive bays, I might have been 
interested, since I'd be able to use a 5-in-3 and an optical drive.

Peace...  Sridhar



More information about the geeks mailing list