Flexnas

Benefit: Combine both NAS and iSCSI on one device.

The built-in iSCSI target feature provides an affordable IP-SAN (Storage Area Network) alternative.

Benefit: Add capacity as your storage needs grow.

Hard disk capacity can start as small as 320 GB and be upgraded to 20TB drives!

Benefit: Modify management, security, and network settings remotely from anywhere on the network.

You can modify all management, security and network settings remotely from anywhere on the network using a secure interface. Setup and administration of the NAS system is accomplished via a web-based management console. Via a browser, administrators can manage such tasks as:

• Initial system setup including environment settings, language and date/time preferences, UPS connectivity and administrative password management
• A back-lit LCD display with push-buttons for IP setting and system status / event indication.
• Dual-color LEDs for indicating Power/Fault, LAN activity, LAN link/speed and device activity.
• Network configuration including Active Directory integration
• Hard drive initialization and volume creation and management
• Manual and scheduled disk-scanning on selected hard disks or RAID groups
• Security and ACL configuration
• Disk caching rules and recording options
• Backups, firmware upgrades, and virus pattern upgrades
• Perform shutdowns, restarts and resets
• Monitor all on-going and scheduled tasks
• S.M.A.R.T. hard disk monitoring

Benefit: Access rights are easily established. Active Directory compatible.

Security is designed into the FlexNAS from the ground up. You can precisely control access to data folder or file. It’s easy to assign user or folder level data quotas. You can manage user accounts locally, through Active Directory or Unix NIS and set user and / or group permissions. Supports access control lists and SSL 128 bit encryption.

Benefit: Robust data protection for your network storage server.

The FlexNAS comes with the ability to configure its hard drive storage as RAID 0, 1 and 5 arrays. RAID 0 increases data access speed and enables the creation of a maximum sized data volume. RAID 1 mirrors one hard drive disk to another. RAID 5 is for systems with three or more disk drives. The data is spread across all the drives in the RAID array such that the loss of any drive will not result in the loss of data or up time. RAID 6 extends RAID 5 by adding an additional parity block. With RAID 10 the drives are striped for performance and all striped drives are duplicated for fault tolerance. RAID features include:

• Integrated hardware RAID controller
• Supports 4 concurrent RAID sets
• Cross-platform Journaling File System
• User disk quotas supported

In the unlikely event of a disk drive failure, a drive that has been designated as a hot-spare will automatically be swapped into the RAID array replacing the defective drive. The network attached storage system will automatically rebuild the RAID array on the new drive. This all happens without user intervention. You can also increase the capacity of a RAID group or replace a defective drive with hot swappable drives and hot capacity expansion – without shutting down or restarting the FlexNAS.

Benefit: Boost throughput, or use one interface as a failover for higher reliability.

Every NAS server comes with two 10GB Ethernet network interfaces. These can be teamed to boost throughput if connected to the same LAN. One interface can be used as a fail-over for the other, giving higher reliability. Or each connection could go to a different LAN allowing the same discs to be shared between two groups. Optionally, a third Gigabit (1000/10GB) Network Interface card (fiber or wire) can be added.

Benefit: No need to reconfigure what you already have.

Any PC, UNIX or Mac workstation on the network can access the NAS server. This makes it an ideal central repository of information accessible to those who need it. This flexible network storage server supports Microsoft Windows 98/NT/2000/2003/Vista/7/10+, Mac OS 9.x/OS X, NFS capable Unix/Linux systems, and Novell over IPX.

Benefit: Alerts you to viruses, working in real-time or during scheduled intervals.

The integrated Trend Micro antivirus software is the best-of-breed security product that delivers reliable antivirus protection. Works in real-time or during scheduled intervals. Updated virus pattern files can be automatically downloaded from Trend Micro and installed if the NAS device has Internet access. Features include:

• Real-time, scheduled, or disable virus scanning
• Automatic virus pattern updates over internet or via file upload
• Alert when virus pattern out of date
• Alert when virus detected
• Quarantine infected files
• Exclude/include files to scan using extensions
• Scans compressed files

Benefit: Reduces downtime.

Supports UPS with smart signaling.

Benefit: Notifications and detailed logging ensure accurate and quick notification of events.

System status may be monitored using multiple notification methods:

• Status monitoring options include email alerts, audible alarms, LCD console messages, event logging and more.
• Environmental monitoring options available for CPU / System temperature, CPU / System voltage and CPU fan status.
• Detailed System, Device and Security logs