User`s manual

SAS / SATA II NAS System
User’s Manual
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Chapter 1 Introduction
The NAS System
Companies are looking for cost-effective storage solutions which can offer the best
performance, high scalability and reliability. As the number of users and the amount
of data grows, Network Attached Storage is becoming a critical technology and the
need for an optimized solution is becoming an important requirement.
i-Stor delivers the “ i-Stor iS16NS SAS NAS ”, which combined direct attached
storage (DAS), iSCSI target device and network attached storage (NAS) solution for
flexible and expandable application, and together with the proNAS management
solution, proNAS High-Availability and proBackup client backup solution, provide
businesses with the most flexible, scalable, securable and manageable NAS
environment. It helps to control the total cost of ownership for data management.
The i-Stor iS16NS is an SAS/SATA II NAS/DAS/iSCSI all in one Subsystem with
proNAS 1.3 Operating System. It enhances system availability, and manages
complex storage environments easily. For improving business productivity and
minimizing business risks, i-Stor iS16NS provides a volume replication and a
volume snapshot function. It is also a full featured data protection system
supporting RAID levels 0, 1, 0+1, 3, 5, 6, 30, 50, 60 and JBOD. It supports hot
spares, automatic hot rebuild and online capacity expansion within the enclosure.