= SS4000E start page =
The SS4000E is a NAS appliance sold by intel. It comes default with linux and proprietary IPSTOR nas software. For any windows user the system must work like a charm, but any slightly decent linux user would feel choked.
Fortunately for those linux users it appears the system is very accessible and the IPSTOR software can be disabled, so you can turn it into something more than a NAS appliance.
Unfortunately the IPSTOR software also contains kernel modules, so if you are going to upgrade the kernel, forget about the ipstor software. On the other hand: I really don't know why that software is there, since al *real* software is done by knfsd and smbd. 
Note: every *hardware* driver is GPL or otherwise open, including the bootmanager. Intel has taken good care of having everything open to those that know and understand. The source-code pack is not that descriptive, but is more than enough to do your own work. Even the xgdb to debug your new kernel or the bootloader is there. So you are able to run something completely different than intended.

Currently I am able to boot 2.6.19 using the iq31244 as the machine type. This is certainly not a complete working setup, since the irq mapping for the USB differ, and hence that's just not working. Intel decided not to use a new machine id, that means it is hard to tell the difference between the systems.
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= Misc stuff =
 * [wiki:HardwareDetails Hardware details]
 * [http://www.kwaak.net/fotos/fotos-nas/ Inside Pictures]
 * [wiki:SoftwareDetails Software details]
 * [wiki:SerialConsole Serial Console]
 * [wiki:EnablingSsh Enable SSH on firmware v1.1]
 * [wiki:ProgressAndPlanning Project and Progress]
 * [wiki:DebianInstall Installing (armel) debian, the howto]
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= More nas appliances and work on nas appliances =
 * [http://www.na1400.info/ Newisys 1400] a nas that's based on the same hardware chips
 * [http://cyrius.com/debian/iop/ Thecus N2100 & IO-Data GLAN Tank & others] Debian on intel IOP's
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= fast writeups =
 * [wiki:ClipBoard cut-and-paste]
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= Some more kernel hackers =
At [http://git.rtp-net.org/?p=ss4000e.git;a=summary ss4000e git] there is excellent work from Arnaud Patard.
He has started to use EABI, which will probably get us through the next speed barrier...
I will try to recompile and run my system with EABI (since I've taken it out of production).