Via plugs eco-friendly NAS board

31 Mar 2008 | 11:46 BST

By Stewart Meagher

VIA HAS ANNOUNCED the arrival of a new thin board for small business server applications.

The VIA NAS 7800 is powered by a VIA C7 1.5GHz processor with optional fanless VIA Eden-based skus. Scalable storage needs are met with the support for up to eight S-ATA II ports with 1.5Gbits/sec and 3Gbits/sec data transfer rates, and for Native Command Queuing. Network support includes Gigabit Ethernet ports and an optional integrated IEEE-802.11g VIA wireless module.

Featuring the Via CN700 chipset, the Via NAS 7800 supports up to 1GB of DDR2 system memory, integrated Via Unichrome Pro Integrated Graphics, an onboard IDE connector, a type-I Compact Flash slot, two COM ports and up to 6 USB 2.0 ports. The 19cm x 14.3 cm size matches that of a standard optical drive bay for easy deployment in standard disk drive chassis.

The NAS 7800 features a TPM chip for software and content security. Security can be further augmented by enabling the Via Padlock security engine, a hardware based security technology that VIA says provides the latest military-grade key encryption and protection with the world's fastest x86 security engine.

The NAS 7800 has an operating temperature of 0–60oC and supports Microsoft Windows 2000/XP/XPe, and Linux. µ

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