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Section 1 Intro and Overview
Section 1
Galaxy NAS LX5
Introduction and Overview
1.0 Introduction and Overview
1.1 Product Specifications
1.1.1 Overview
The Galaxy NAS LX5 is the newest member of the Galaxy family of Network Attached Storage (NAS)
and iSCSI products. It comes in 2 basic models:
1U Gateway product that uses Galaxy® RAID arrays as it’s storage system. Up to 120TB of various
SAS attached RAID can be configured to meet your NAS or ISCSI requirements.
2U 8bay, 3U 16bay, or 5U 24bay rack mount server chassis NAS and iSCSI solution designed to hold
disk storage internally plus have SAS expansion. Up to 120TB of total storage is possible to meet your
requirements.
As with the earlier GalaxyNASLX4, the DSS Galaxy NAS LX5 is characterized by many of the same
outstanding features and attributes as those of other NAS family members. The most noticeable feature
is that, like the latest Microsoft Storage Server version, the Galaxy NAS LX5 is capable of being a file
server using the standard NAS IP protocols plus it is also an ISCSI storage target and initiator. Other
features include a preloaded USB 2.0 / 1.1 Flash module with the NAS Linux operating system installed
on it, network connectivity load balancing, easy to add storage management tools, integrated software
functions that help ease configuration and use, ease of deployment in the network, as well as built-in
tools to facilitate remote management and systems management, backup management, business
continuance replication management, and upgradeable storage capacities. The Galaxy NAS LX5
supports the major industry-standard file protocols: CIFS, SMB, NFS, Apple Talk , HTTP, and FTP.
