Seagate Business Storage Series NAS Unboxing & Overview

The video provides an unboxing and overview of Seagate's new business storage NAS line, highlighting both 2-bay and 4-bay configurations designed for small business use. The presenter notes the notable shift of offering NAS devices without drives, aiming to balance professional features with more approachable pricing compared to traditional business-class storage. Key features described include hot-swappable SATA bays, dual Gigabit Ethernet for redundancy, USB 3 ports on the front and back, and a front LCD on the 4-bay model. The units ship with Seagate’s BlackArmor software that enables Windows and Mac backups, including incremental backups and the ability to restore systems individually, which the presenter emphasizes as a strong, space-efficient backup approach. Additional capabilities such as NAS-to-NAS backups, USB device to NAS backups, Apple Time Machine support, bare metal restores over the network, and the option to run services like FTP, HTTP, and iTunes/DNA servers are discussed as compelling for business use. The video concludes with considerations on RAID configurations for redundancy, the inclusion of Seagate’s own drives, and the potential of the private cloud feature to provide remote access to stored data via a mobile app, positioning the product as a versatile network storage solution for both on-site and off-site data protection.

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