Promise Atlas S8+

Congratulations to Promise, earning our Best NAS of NAB 2018 award for the Atlas S8+! The Promise Atlas S8+ is a network attached storage (NAS) solution for small teams who need fast access to shared assets.

The NAS is configurable with up to eight 14 terabytes (TB) 7200rpm SATA hard drives for total capacities up to 112TB. Eight and 10 TB hard drives are also available. The Thunderbolt 3 version of the Atlas S8+ offers two Thunderbolt 3 ports, four 1Gb Ethernet ports, five USB 3.0 ports and one HMDI output. The 10gBaseT version swaps in two 10Gb/s Ethernet ports for the Thunderbolt 3 connections and allows data to be accessed through existing network infrastructure.

Both configurations feature an Intel Core i5 Quad-Core processor and 16 gigabytes (GB) of DDR4 RAM, upgradeable to 32GB. An option SSD module allow for data caching. Along with the NAS, Promise includes Enterprise-level data services, data protection and management software. The Atlas also comes with a three-year warranty.

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