BANGALORE, INDIA: Synology America Corp, a provider in network attached storage services for SMBs, recently announced the launch of the new Rack Station RS409, a 1U 4-bay network-attached storage (NAS) server aimed at SMBs.

The RS409 can be expanded from 4 HDD to 8 HDD, for a total of 16 TB (using 2 TB HDD) for two separate volumes, by adding the Synology RX4 expansion station via an eSATA cable, said a press release.

It features plug-n-use connectivity, hot-swappable HDD design and disk hibernation which works with the RS409 for extra storage or backup.

The RS409 is equipped with a 1.2 GHz CPU, 256MB DDRII RAM, two Gigabit LAN ports, two USB2.0 ports, one eSATA port, and supports up to 128 concurrent connections.

The RS409 ships with Disk Station Manager 2.1 software, which provides Windows ADS integration, cross-platform data sharing and RAID data protection.

Mail Station add-on enables the RS409 to be a mail server that supports Web mail, SMTP, POP3, and IMAP. Web Station allows users to host up to 30 websites on a single RS409.

The RS409 supports two USB printers, and the Add Printer Wizard simplifies setup process with a wizard.

Synology also launched the new 2.5-inch 4-bay Disk Station DS409slim.The DS409slim consumes only 19 watts of power under normal operating conditions with all four hard drives installed, the release added.