VIA Technologies has announced the NAS 7800 motherboard designed to meet the needs of thin server and NAS segment system builders.
Thin servers such as network attached storage are proving increasingly popular with small and medium sized enterprises looking for secure, energy-efficient data storage without investing in large, expensive and power-hungry corporate solutions, according to VIA. Boasting up to eight SATA 3Gb/s ports and two Gigabit ports, the VIA NAS 7800 combines storage flexibility and a power-efficient, secure platform to meet these needs.
The motherboard is powered by a low-heat, energy-efficient 1.5GHz VIA C7 processor, with an optional fanless VIA Eden SKU, the NAS 7800 also features a proprietary MFX module for wake-up scheduling, allowing IT managers to power servers down at night or weekends for savings in electricity usage.
The VIA NAS 7800 uses a unique 190mm×143mm form factor, the same size as a standard optical disk drive, with I/O aligned to allow easy integration into drive-sized chassis or even in multiple configurations within a 1U server, offering an innovative approach to NAS systems for small and medium sized businesses, highlighted the company.
System security is enabled through an onboard TPM module for key generation and storage and the VIA PadLock Security Engine integrated directly onto the processor die, which when enabled provides fast, military grade hardware encryption and decryption of data.
| VIA NAS7800 server motherboard specifications | |
| Item | Detail |
| Processor | VIA C7 1.5GHz NanoBGA2 processor |
| Chipset | VIA CN700 northbridge |
| System Memory | One DDR2 400/533/667 DIMM socket, supports up to 1GB |
| VGA | Integrated VIA UniChrome Pro graphics with 2D/3D and MPEG-2 video accelerators |
| Onboard IDE | One UltraDMA 133/100/66 Connector (2.0mm pitch/ 44-pins) |
| Expansion Slots | One CompactFlash type-I slot (Master/Slave selectable) |
| Onboard LAN | One VIA VT6130 PCIe Gigabit Ethernet Controller |
| Onboard TPM | Infineon SLB9635TT 1.2 (Trusted Platform Module) |
Source: Company, compiled by Digitimes, April 2008
VIA NAS7800 server motherboard
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