
It seems that famous laptop maker Acer wants to conquer home server market by releasing its first Acer Aspire easyStore AH340-UA230N with built-in Windows Home Server. This HP MediaSmart competitor is powered by an Intel Atom 230 processor with a 2GB DDR2 RAM, a 1TB of HDD, and three 3.5-inch hot swappable bays for a total of 7TB of storage space. The Acer Aspire easyStore AH340-UA230N also supports a DLNA 1.5 certification and retails for only $400 each. More

The HP MediaSmart LX195 is a full Windows Home Server inside a small casing with an affordable price tag. The server features a 1.6GHz Atom 230 processor with a 1GB RAM, Windows Home Server software and support for Apple’s Time Machine. Other features include a 640GB internal SATA HDD, Gigabit Ethernet, and four USB 2.0 ports. You can order the HP MediaSmart LX195 right now at eCost. More

Clevery is a famous store in Akihabara, Japan. They have released their new Mini HomeServer SP9C WHS with Windows Home Server for 65800 Yen (€490) and 2TB of HDD (2x 1TB), 1GB of RAM PC5300, an Intel Atom 330 Dual Core running at 1.6GHz. [Akihabara]

QNAP Systems, Inc. today introduced the world’s first one-bay and two-bay NAS with iSCSI TS-119 and TS-219 Turbo NAS. The TS-119 and TS-219 is powered by 1.2GHz CPU and 512MB DDRII RAM and support Internet Small Computer System Interface (iSCSI) target service (up to 8 iSCSI devices), Online RAID Capacity Expansion and Online RAID Level Migration (2-bay model only), automatic policy-based IP blocking, schedule power on and off, 2 IP cameras for network surveillance, UPnP/ DLNA media server, mail server, and high-speed BT/FTP/HTTP and eMule download, etc. So, if you need the support of the iSCSI but don’t need a monster NAS system, then you can choose one of these latest NAS from QNAP. [Akihabara]

Word has it that Apple will release a new Mac mini server with 1TB of storage space. The new Mac mini will have a build-to-order option for dual hard drives, which is good for enterprise servers. [Gizmodo]