D-Link, a unified networking provider, is now offering ShareCenter Pro network storage products supporting concurrent NAS and iSCSI connectivity, designed for SMBs. The ShareCenter Pro N-Series and S-Series models deliver unified storage with built-in security, data protection, and disaster recovery.
D-Link ShareCenter Pro offer high-end NAS features and performance, including iSCSI connectivity to support small business server applications, dual Gigabit Ethernet (GbE) ports, snapshots, encrypted volumes, virtual disk drive (VDD) expansion, and remote backup. The models are Windows, Mac, and Linux compatible, and come with a five year warranty with an extension option of 10 years. The models also offer disaster recovery capabilities for remote backup either to a physical device offsite, or to the cloud, using Amazon’s S3 service.
The ShareCenter Pro N-Series includes the DNS-1100-04 and the DNS-1200-05 devices. The DNS-1100-04 4-bay desktop offers 512MB of RAM and supports up to 12TB of raw capacity, and the DNS-1200-05 5-bay desktop offers 1GB of RAM with support up to 15TB of storage.
The ShareCenter Pro S-Series includes the DNS-1250-04 4-bay desktop, DNS-1250-06 6-bay desktop and the DNS-1550-04 4-bay 1U rackmount. Designed for optimum performance, all three models offer RAID 0/1/5/6/10. The D-Link DNS-1250-06 offers RAID 30/50 capabilities, and the D-Link DNS-1550-04 offers dual hot-swappable power supplies for added redundancy.
The new ShareCenter Pro network storage line is available through D-Link’s network of channel partners. Availability and pricing information for the ShareCenter Pro N-Series is as follows:
- D-Link DNS-1100-04 ShareCenter Pro 1100 – available in October for $662.99
- D-Link DNS-1200-05 ShareCenter Pro 1200 is available now for $773.49
Availability and pricing information for the ShareCenter Pro S-Series models is as follows:
- D-Link DNS-1250-04 ShareCenter Pro 1250 will be available in October for $972.99
- D-Link DNS-1250-06 ShareCenter Pro 1250 will be available in October for $1,172.99
- D-Link DNS-1550-04 ShareCenter Pro 1550 will be available in September for
$1,499.99