Tandberg Data Viking FS-412 manual Redundancy, Product Manageability, Tandberg DataSystem Overview

Tandberg DataSystem Overview

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Notes

The Microsoft® Windows® Storage Server 2003 x64 Edition operating system is designed to support 32–bit applications without modification; however, any 32–bit applications that are run on this operating system should be thoroughly tested before releasing the storage server to a production environment.

Microsoft® Windows® Unified Data Storage Server 2003, Enterprise x64 Edition operating system provides unified storage server management capabilities, simplified setup and management of storage and shared folders, and support for Microsoft iSCSI Software Target.

Notes

For more information about Microsoft® Windows® Unified Data Storage Server 2003 operating system, see “Using iSCSI Software Target” on chapter 9.

1.1.1.Product Manageability

The Viking Series NAS appliance ships with the following utilities and features that ease the administration tasks associated with managing the system:

•The Recovery Disc (factory image) contains the preconfigured default settings of either the Windows Storage Server 2003 R2 operating system or the Microsoft® Windows® Unified Data Storage Server 2003 operating system. This is a quick and easy way to setup or bring the Viking Series NAS appliances back to the factory default configuration.

•Using the Windows Remote Desktop client to establish administrative session with the appliance without physically connecting to it.

•Ability to connect directly to the NAS appliance’s console.

1.2.Redundancy

The Viking Series NAS appliance is specifically designed to perform file serving tasks for networks, using industry standard components to ensure reliability. Other industry standard features, such as redundant array of independent drives (RAID) and remote manageability, further enhance the overall dependability of the NAS appliance.

To ensure redundancy and reliability, it is recommended that the hard drives installed in the Viking Series NAS appliance are configured so that a single drive failure will not cause data loss or system failure.

Depending on the model of Viking Series NAS used, it is capable of support from 4 HDD to 16 HDD in a single chassis:

•Viking FS-412 supports up to 4 HDD (1U)

•Viking FS-1600 / FS-1610 supports up to 16 HDD (3U)

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