In continuous service since October 2009.
A two terabyte, 4 disk, Promise Raid controller, virtually silent, hooked through a Firewire 800 cable to a mini server with 1 terabyte built in. Plug it in, turn it on. Visit Disk Utility, minutes later, voila.
3 Terabytes in Minutes
The mini server cannot be taken seriously as a server until it offers expandable storage.
As a server, it also does not use enough electricity, 85 watts max for the server, the RAID array even less. A standard desktop computer can suck down more juice by plugging in the power supply.
"it uses roughly 13% of the power consumed by the average 300 watt power supply in standard computers" that is 39% of the power of a typical 100 watt incandescent light bulb.
Also, something you just plug in, turn on, and it works is simply not suited for real server applications.
Should the day arrive when businesses in Southwest, MO comprehend the digital storage power of a big T followed by a big B, it is simple to daisy chain 6 terabytes at a time at less than $200 per terabyte. This server farm will not soon give up the lead in Southwest, MO storage technology.
Mini Server with Firewire 800 connection to 2Tb RAID