If you can operate a PC and Web browser, than you can set up your own small business or home office server, according to Toshiba . Of course, the server Toshiba has in mind is the Magnia SG10 server appliance, shipping Monday. Just let Toshiba be the IT expert. Setup is as simple as connecting a PC, running the installation CD, and using the browser interface to enter simple instructions. Toshiba announced plans for the Magnia SG10 at Comdex Fall 2000, and alluded to its proposed features while offering few actual details.
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When Foster says Toshiba will act as the Magnia SG10's tech department, he's not kidding. If something goes wrong with the unit while it is connected to the Internet, the device automatically notifies Toshiba of the problem and the company contacts the customer. For example, if one of the server's multiple cooling fans starts to slow down, Toshiba will know. Since the Magnia SG10 is largely a sealed box, Toshiba would send a whole new replacement unit, Foster says. You put the hard drive into the new unit, fire it up, and are back in business, he says.