Hitachi Global Storage's SimpleTech subsidiary has rolled out a pair of portable USB hard drives - and a wee adaptor that turns them into basic Nas boxes.
Hitachi claims the SimpleTough drive is "one of the world’s most rugged drives for protecting data in harsh environments", taking in its stride "more falls, knocks and spills …
Does anyone know a supplier of the NAS box? I've been waiting for someone to release something like this for ages. Something simple, that will let me plug any old drive into it, and stick it on the network.
Register
Hitachi Global Storage's SimpleTech subsidiary has rolled out a pair of portable USB hard drives - and a wee adaptor that turns them into basic Nas boxes. Hitachi claims the SimpleTough drive is "one of the world’s most rugged drives for protecting data in harsh environments", taking in its stride "more falls, knocks and spills …
Supplier?
Does anyone know a supplier of the NAS box? I've been waiting for someone to release something like this for ages. Something simple, that will let me plug any old drive into it, and stick it on the network.
Getting hold of it
Only found it on US suppliers (Amazon.com had it but $30 for shipping!) ended up getting one from eBay