Seagate STBM4000100, STBM3000100, STBP100 All About the Seagate Business Storage NAS, Introduction

All About the Seagate Business Storage NAS Introduction

2.All About the Seagate Business Storage NAS

•Introduction

•About the Seagate Business Storage NAS

•What You Can Do With the Seagate NAS

•How to Get Started

Introduction

This chapter introduces your Seagate Business Storage NAS and describes what you might want to use your Seagate NAS for.

About the Seagate Business Storage NAS

The Seagate Business Storage NAS is a file server, a device that is used for storing and sharing all types of computer files on a local network. The Seagate NAS can contain from one to four Serial ATA (SATA) disk drives and has built-in data protection to help keep your data safe from disk drive failures and other catastrophes.

The Seagate NAS comes with software to help you back up, store, protect, and share your files.

The Seagate NAS is typically used by small business owners and people with home offices who want to store and protect the computer files that are important to them—client files, business records, financial information, and so on—and make them available to other people on their local network or over the Internet.

If you’ll be accessing the Seagate NAS directly (inserting USM drives or attaching USB device storage for backups), review the Quick Start Guide included with the product to understand the hardware components of your NAS. Additionally, you can download the Quick Start Guide for your Seagate NAS at www.seagate.com/support.

What You Can Do With the Seagate NAS

In general, you can use your Seagate NAS to:

•Create a central storage place for the files you want to share with other people on your local network or over the Internet.

•Create and maintain automatic backup copies of all your files—even your operating systems.

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