Keeping your data toasty

[Steve]

As a digital lifestyle person, it's always a chore finding ways to store all of your precious media safely. Of course, the toaster is well known for its data-guarding abilities. As such, one man, a Mr. Dave Goeke, has made it his mission to built toaster-based NAS products.

Building computers in a toaster was done to for the ApplianceWare marketing team to use at sales presentations, demonstrations, trade shows, and in marketing collateral. Toaster RAID seemed to give customers a good laugh when used to demonstrate ApplianceWare Server. The array of blinking busy lights added to the effect.

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[Funkstar]

Of course, the toaster is well known for its data-guarding abilities.

indeed, i believe this is featured in "Household Appliances Alternative Uses for Dummies" book