With Promise Technology's new DS4600 you can now avoid all the complicated networking
mumbo jumbo and connect a RAID device directly to your computer via USB, Firewire 400, Firewire 800 or eSATA. Direct Attached Storage (DAS) is the technical term given to describe storage devices that are
directly attached to a computer. While your average external USB hard disk enclosure is technically a DAS, the term is generally used to describe enclosures that: Contain multiple hard disks and connect
directly to a computer via a non-network (Ethernet) connection....
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