Support Matrix

Operating system

NX Series systems support Windows Storage Server 2016.

Windows Storage Server 2016 is a version of Windows Server 2016 that is available for use in NAS appliances. Available editions are

Workgroup and Standard editions. Both the NX3240 and NX3340 ship with Standard edition. The NX430 and NX440 ship 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

Workgroup

(NX430 and NX440 only)

Standard

Hardware

Maximum # CPU's 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 & 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 Infra (DHCP, DNS & WINS) No Yes

AD Roles including Domain Controller (RODC) No No

Active Directory (Domain Controller, Certificate Services,

Federation Services, Rights Management)

No No

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