NAS SYSTEM
Installation Configuration Manual
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Chapter 1 Introduction
The NAS System
Storage networks become more and more complex. If you need to easily expand storage
capacity while providing uninterrupted high-performance data access across your LAN, you
may want to consider a NAS (Network Attached Storage) appliance. When budgets are tight
and a quick fix is required, a NAS appliance is a low-cost, efficient solution to dodge that
network-to-storage logjam. That's why more and more users select NAS architecture as
their storage networking.
The NAS system is a reliable, cost-effective way to add storage to the network. It comes
with 5 drive trays accommodating 3.5" SATA II drives while SCA-II single connector
architecture enables true hot swap capability. Built-in Intel Celeron 1.6GHz CPU (or above),
up to 2GB DDR2-667MHz SDRAM and two Gigabit Ethernet ports offers high performance
NAS platform. With Linux-based embedded OS design, it can boot without HDD, FDD or CD-
ROM to guarantee reliability and quick boot. The NAS system is managed and configured by
Flex/Ruby browser-based software, and some features include pre-configure disk capacity,
users setting, volume management, quick installation on popular network platform, and
multi-protocol support. It is equipped with software RAID to offer fault tolerant data
protection. It offers full featured data protection supporting RAID levels 0, 1, 5, 6, 10,
Linear.
System reliability is ensured by an environmental monitoring unit, which tracks the
enclosure temperature as well as individual disk temperatures. If any irregularity in the
system occurs, the monitoring unit alerts the administrator.
