Idealstor LLC announced the release of a new backup appliance for the SMB market that combines the features of disk and tape to create a complete all in one storage and backup appliance. The Idealstor RAID Array with Removable ATA Drives – The FrankeNAS – is now available through Idealstor’s network of reseller and distributors worldwide.
The FrankeNAS is unique in the world of storage because it takes the features of a fully redundant RAID 5 Array and combines them with the removable drive functionality of the Idealstor Backup Appliance to create a complete backup and storage solution. The FrankeNAS is a multi-functional appliance that uses half of its 4U capacity as a RAID 5 Array of SATA drives with capacities up to 2TB of native storage. The other half of the unit is configured with up to 4 removable Idealstor drive bays allowing for any capacity ATA drive providing up to 2TB of removable storage. This device allows backup administrators an all in one appliance where they can schedule their backup or real time replication jobs to run to the fixed RAID 5 array for nearline storage. They can then use their backup software to run during the day or at night and schedule a backup to run from the RAID array to the Idealstor removable drives to physically take that data offsite for storage and compliance.
