On-line pc {hardware} retailer Newegg has simply launched a brand new net device designed to make shopping for your NAS drive so much simpler due to a configurator web page.

Useful graphics assist a consumer to visualise the kind of construct they’re getting, with all of the related info surfaced as you’d anticipate.

There may be one caveat, although, and that’s the lack of variety. Customers should make do with the manufacturers and fashions offered on Newegg, which consists of 5 enclosure producers and an assortment of HDDs and SSDs. That stated, the spectrum of fashions on provide is respectable, all at numerous worth factors.

On-line NAS configurator

Opening the configurator device (opens in new tab) begins with a popup that asks a consumer to pick out their excellent whole capability, with <36TB, 36-72TB, 72-144TB, and >144TB choices, nevertheless you’ll be able to select to browse all in case you’re uncertain of the capability you could possibly afford.

NAS enclosures can be found to swimsuit quite a lot of wants, starting from inexpensive one-bay choices to 16 bays.

With an enclosure chosen, appropriate HDDs and SSDs turn out to be accessible. As you start to populate your on-line cart, a dynamic illustration guides you thru how a lot media you could possibly retailer in your NAS.

Heavy customers, together with SMBs, with giant drives will already concentrate on the facility necessities that plague the world of storage, which has led to the worldwide scrutiny of knowledge facilities that has pushed them to greener power and higher waste power administration initiatives. The configurator device pulls in information from all chosen {hardware} to calculate a minimal wattage estimate, which is displayed prominently subsequent to the entire worth, to assist patrons go for extra environmentally pleasant options.

Regardless of its limitations, Newegg’s NAS builder device supplies a powerful start line for these trying to see what they’ll construct earlier than they head off and examine extra specs or purchase various elements themselves.

By way of Ars Technica (opens in new tab)

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