Idealstor addresses both the issues of cost and portability that have had IT professionals tied to tape. Idealstor uses inexpensive IDE ATA disk in its patent pending Backup Appliance at the same time makes them ejectable so that they can be portable for off site storage.
Models come with 1, 2, 4, 6 or 8 bays. Total storage ranges from 750G/1.5T to 6T/12T (uncompressed/compressed), depending on model.
Idealstor also offers FrankeNAS, an all-in-one appliance on which backup jobs may be scheduled to run to a RAID 5 array for nearline storage,. FrankeNAS is a multi-functional appliance that uses half of its 4U capacity as a RAID 5 Array of drives with capacities up to 2.3 TB of native storage. The other half of the unit is configured with up to 4 removable Idealstor drive bays allowing for any capacity ATA drive providing up to 2TB of removable storage.e is working at peak condition and meeting the mission-critical requirements of the organizational business groups within their company. To manage and control an infrastructure, dynamic in nature, requires properly trained IT staff, a sustainable budget and the highest standard of network equipment on the market.