London, UK, 26 January 2010 – The new Verbatim Gigabit NAS (Network Attached Storage) External Hard Drive lets you store and share files and folders over a network, providing a perfect central storage device for a small office or home environment. Users of the Gigabit NAS can clean up their computer hard drives and centrally store up to 1,400 films, 330,000 songs, 1,000,000 photos or data of any kind on the drive* and allow this content to be accessed wirelessly by several computers or media players (including Playstation 3’s or Xbox’s).
- Centrally store all your files and access them on several different computers connected to the network.
- Organise and playback your media content (photos/music/videos) using the Media Server.
- Watch movies on your TV through your digital media player or share files with your gaming console.
- Access your centrally stored music files via iTunes from any networked computer.
- Set up a networked printer.
- Transfer large files over the internet via the FTP server function.
- Access rich media over the internet with the BitTorrent software.
- Set up automatic backup of all your networked computers.
A video can be watched at:
http://www.verbatim-europe.co.uk/index/newsroom_podcastvideo.php?filename=podcast/verbatim_nas_drive_english_v5.flv&show=1
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dlE2EX_eF6M
“Our aim is to offer professional and private users a drive that they can operate like a file server. Owners of the drive will benefit from being able to centrally manage their digital data and do smart things like viewing the content on a TV via a media player or connecting one printer to the USB port which can be utilised by many users.” says Kai Miroschnik, Business Development Manager HDD Verbatim EUMEA.
Two USB 2.0 host connections enable printers, additional hard drives or other storage peripherals to be connected to the Gigabit NAS drive, while the fast data transfer rate (via the Gigabit LAN) provides the capability of high definition content to be delivered smoothly to other devices. The integrated TwonkyMedia Server enables the media content on the NAS to be organised by certain criteria, for example music files can be shown by album or artist, which can be seen by UPnP/DLNA compatible media players and played back. The iTunes server allows music collections to be stored centrally and accessed via iTunes from any computer on the network. A torrent client is also included, as is an FTP server.
The network is quick to set up and easy to use via the Samba protocol for the PC or Bonjour for the Mac. Private folders can also be created, allowing access by authorised users only. In order to facilitate regular back-ups, the supplied package also includes Nero BackItUp 4 software.
The Verbatim’s Gigabit NAS drive is available in 500GB and 1TB capacities and can be purchased now from stores.
Pictures can be found at:
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http://newsletter.komm-passion.de/newsletter/verbatim/NAS_Front.jpg
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* Based on Verbatim’s 1TB Gigabit NAS Hard Drive
About Verbatim
Since 1969, Verbatim has been shaping the development of data storage technology – from Floppy Disks and Magneto-Optical storage media, CD and DVD formats to the latest High Definition media Blu-ray. Moreover, Verbatim offers high quality products in the field of Portable USB Drives, Flash Memory Cards, SSD and External Hard Drives in 4,57cm (1,8“) Pocket, 6,35cm (2,5“) Portable and 8,89cm (3,5“) Desktop-Format as well as a broad variety of computer Accessories. Verbatim is a subsidiary of Mitsubishi Chemical Group and benefits from the outstanding research and development department. With these innovations Verbatim has played a key role in shaping the storage media market. Ultra-strict quality controls during the manufacturing process ensure the high quality of Verbatim’s products, which have been the winners of numerous international comparative tests. The company is the worldwide market leader for Optical Media. For more information, please visit www.verbatim-europe.com.
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