Reference Guide

Operating system
NX Series systems support Windows Storage Server 2016. Windows Storage Server 2016 is available in either Workgroup
or Standard edition. Both the NX3240 and NX3340 ship with Standard edition. The NX440 ships with either Workgroup or
Standard edition. The Standard Edition offers the following premium features:
● Deduplication
● Hosted BranchCache
● Clustering
● Virtualization rights for two VMS
●
Network infrastructure for a branch office
Feature 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
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