Hammer Storage's myshare Appliance

Network attached storage has been around for a long time, but not necessarily targeted toward the small and home office or the home. Hammer Storage just announced the release of myshare, its latest network storage solution. The first offering in a family of network storage products, the 1TB myshare is available now with an MSRP of $499 at select retail stores, online retailers, and directly from Hammer Storage. Hammer says the device is perfect for the consumer and SOHO (small office/home office) market, and is ideal in the home. myshare enables users to share digital content within the home and between different computer platforms including PC, Mac, and Linux workstations. Once plugged into myshare, USB printers and storage devices including memory sticks can also be shared over the home network. myshare also has the ability to provide remote access via the Internet and all content stored on myshare can be accessible no matter where the user is as long as they have an Internet connection. When connected to a wireless router, myshare allows laptop users to access content or print without plugging in. Users can also back-up their files, photos and other data. Ease-of-use features include a preconfigured appliance populated with hard disk drives and set-up with folders so users can plug myshare into a router and begin storing and sharing immediately. It requires no proprietary software. A one-button feature copies files from another storage device or digital camera directly into a myshare folder. As a network storage appliance, it can be accessed regardless of whether the computers are on or off. myshare plugs into the network through a gigabit interface and can sit under any home router or switch, eliminating the need for externally attached storage, add-on internal disk drives, removable media, print servers and remote storage. It includes RAID levels 0, 1 and JBOD to provide protection choices such as mirroring data. Content is secured from Internet intruders with SSL certificates and can be configured with multiple user and group permissions. For small businesses with a domain server, myshare can tie into the domain, thus enabling the use of the same password and access that is already in place. The myshare 1TB is the first member of the myshare family to be made available by Hammer Storage. It is backed by a one year warranty and comes with two SATA II hard drives along with two USB ports to centralize printers and external hard drives.