SmartStor NS4600 Product Manual - Promise Technology, Inc.

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SmartStor NS4600 Product Manual Architecture The SmartStor NS4600’s architecture is based on the Intel IOP321, 600 MHz microprocessor and the Promise PDC42819 Serial ATA RAID Controller. The Gigabit Ethernet port is used for the data transfer and management. The USB ports are used for a printer, expansion drives, and Uninterruptable Power Supply (UPS). Protocol Support SmartStor NS4600 supports: • Windows XP Professional, 2008 Server; and Vista Home Basic and Enterprise clients through SMB and CIFS protocols • UNIX and Linux clients through the NFS protocol • Macintosh clients through the AFP protocol • FTP clients through the FTP protocol • DLNA clients through UPnP protocol with an optional plug-in • Up to 16 concurrent connections Key Benefits • Easy-to-use browser-based management interface • Data sharing over the network • One-touch backup of designated file folders on client PC • Snapshot backup for real-time image of the file system • Remote NAS-to-NAS synchronization and backup • Network print server with USB printer • User, Group, and Quota management • UPS support with automated shutdown • Heterogeneous environment: Windows, UNIX, Linux, and Macintosh 2 Caution A Caution informs you of possible equipment damage or loss of data and how to avoid them. Warning A Warning notifies you of probable equipment damage or loss of data, or the possibility of physical injury, and how to avoid them.
Specifications 3 Chapter 1: Introduction to SmartStor • Disk drive support: • Four 1.5 Gb/s or 3 Gb/s SATA 3.5-inch disk drives • Conforms to Serial ATA 1.0 specification and Serial ATA II: Extensions to Serial ATA 1.0 specification (SATA II, phase I specification) • SATA specification of 3 Gb/s transfers with CRC error-checking • eSATA external hard drive • USB external hard drive • Hot-swapping of disk drives • Tagged command queuing • Native command queuing • Drive roaming among channels • S.M.A.R.T. status polled every 15 minutes • Online capacity expansion • RAID Level Migration • Hot spare drives • RAID Volume rebuilding • Gigabyte rounding • Background rebuilding • Spin-down in system Standby mode • RAID level support: RAID 0, 1, 5, and 10 • Large file system support up to 6 TB • Unicode file name support • SATA RAID Controller: Promise PDC42819 • Server on a Chip: Intel IOP321, 600MHz • Networking: 10/100/1000 Mb/s Ethernet Port on motherboard • USB ports: USB 2.0, up to 480 Mb/s, two Type-A connectors • File protocols: SMB, CIFS, FTP, AFP, NFS • Flash Memory: 16 MB, 16-bit • Memory: 256 MB DDR II SDRAM • Power Supply: 90-100W with PFC, 100-230V auto-ranging, 50-60Hz AC • Network Time Protocol (NTP) client • Error logging • Phone home capability (email notification) to contact IT staff • Wake-on-LAN support
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After a few moments, the plug-in is
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SmartStor 57 Chapter 3: Connecting
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Viewing Your Backup Files 65 Chapte
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Restoring Backed-up Files 67 Chapte
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Picture Files 71 Chapter 5: Media C
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Choosing a SmartNAVI Language 77 Ch
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Locking the SmartNAVI Window 79 Cha
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Creating the Default User This feat
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2. Click the User Management icon.
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Managing Backups This category incl
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Scheduling a Backup You can schedul
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2. Click the SmartSYNC icon. 3. Cli
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Viewing a List of Share Folders To
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On SmartNAVI To set up a SmartStor
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Advanced Setup 101 Chapter 6: Smart
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Locating the SmartStor This feature
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PASM in SmartNAVI To log into PASM
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Choosing a Language 129 Chapter 7:
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Managing File & Print Services This
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Managing RAID Volumes This category
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Designating a Spare Drive If you ha
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Viewing an External USB Drive or Me
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Scheduling a Snapshot Backup 153 Ch
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Making Management Settings This cat
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Rebooting the SmartStor 167 Chapter
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Viewing Enclosure Information 169 C
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Chapter 8: Technology Background
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RAID 1 - Mirror 173 Chapter 8: Tech
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RAID 10 - Mirror / Stripe 175 Chapt
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RAID 5 Recommended applications for
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RAID Volume Migration Migration is
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Figure 1. SmartStor Disk and System
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Checking Your Email Inbox 197 Chapt
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Appendix A: Maintenance • Upgradi
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Appendix B: Important Information G
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Index A about this manual 1 action
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permissions share folders 82, 97 Wi
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