QNAP has released the SS-839 Pro Turbo NAS, which it claims is the world's smallest 8-bay, Intel Atom network attached storage device.

The gear can hold eight 2.5-inch hard drives or solid state disks (SSD) and it is targeted at business users who want high performance, stability, scalability, low noise and low power consumption.

The SS-839 Pro uses low power Intel Atom N270 1.6GHz CPU, disk on module (DOM) architecture, and 2GB DDRII memory. It can store up to 4TB and has two eSATA and five USB ports for storage expansion and external storage backup.

Mostly it is designed to be quiet and save juice. The power consumption of the NAS with eight hard drives installed is about 34W, which is almost 60 per cent less than general 8-bay, 3.5-inch NAS.

It runs with Windows, Mac, Linux, and UNIX operating systems. No word on price yet.

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