Reference Guide
Table Of Contents
● Clustering
● Virtualization rights for two VMS
● Network infrastructure for a branch office
Workgroup (NX440 only) Standard
Hardware
Maximum number of CPUs and VM rights 1 + 0 2 + 2
Maximum Memory 32 GB Unlimited
# Disks 6 Unlimited
Hardware RAID Yes Yes
Users
Concurrent SMB Connections 250 Unlimited
# Users 50 Unlimited
Software Features
File sharing (SMB and NFS) Yes Yes
Online Backup Yes Yes
DFS-Replication Yes Yes
File Classification Infrastructure (FCI) Yes Yes
File Server Resource Manager (FSRM) Yes Yes
Domain Join Yes Yes
Shared block storage (iSCSI Target + Boot) Yes Yes
OEM Customizable Out of Box Experience Yes Yes
Spaces Yes Yes
Deduplication No Yes
BranchCache - Hosted Cache No Yes
Virtualization No Host + 2 VM
Clustering (including AD/DNS) No Yes
Simplified Cluster Setup No Yes
Networking (DHCP, DNS, and WINS) No Yes
AD Roles including domain controller (RODC) No No
Active Directory (domain controller, Certificate
Services, Family of brands Services, Rights
Management)
No No
Application Server, Network Policy, Remote Desktop
Broker Agent, WDS, and Fax Server
No No
System configurations and documents
The NX Series systems are pre-defined, factory-installed configurations based on a parent PowerEdge server. NX Series
systems contain a sub-set of all options that are available on the leveraged server, selected to make it easier to order and install
as an entry-level NAS appliance. The following sections describe each NX Series system configurations and options and the
documentation available.
System configurations and documents
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