While Verbatim is going small, is going big--literally. The holds eight hard drives, uses iSCSI, and has multi-host support. Like all Drobo units, you can populate the eight bays with any capacity 3.5-inch SATA drives. The DroboElite has two Gigabit Ethernet ports and is easy to administer via the Drobo Dashboard.

The DroboElite is meant to be used as primary storage for small to medium businesses or, with maximum transfer speeds as high as 180MB per second, as a Final Cut Pro server. Sold without drives, the DroboElite is $3499; with eight 2TB drives installed, the DroboElite runs just under $5900.

showed off its new , a dual function, space saving device that includes a 500GB portable drive. It also allows you to dock and charge your iPod or iPhone using a single USB cable. The drive itself has both FireWire 800 and USB 2.0, and the dock also acts as a hub with two available USB 2.0 ports on the back. Available at the Apple Store, the Buffalo Dualie costs $250.

Also on display was the LinkStation Duo, a two-drive NAS device that can be configured as either RAID 0, 1, or JBOD. It features Gigabit Ethernet as well as a USB 2.0 port that allows you to share a printer over a network. Register the device at buffalonas.com and you can send your clients and co-workers links to password-protected files on your NAS. The browser-based administration allows you access to your files at home, at work, or on the road. A LinkStation Duo with two 1TB drives sells for about $340, a model with two 500GB drives is $260.