User guide

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1 Begin with 3132 Driver Installation
Please install 3132 Driver before continue
2 Introducing the SiI 4726
Storage Appliance
This chapter introduces the SiI 4726 Storage Appliance through a product overview, a description of
system- level function, and definition of the SiI 4726 storage policies.
Product overview
The SiI 4726 Storage Appliance is powered by Silicon Image’s industry-leading Serial Advanced
Technology Attachment (SATA). SATA is an interface between desktop computers/servers and attached
hard disk drives. SATA supersedes the Parallel Ultra ATA/100 interface, improving performance from
100 MB/sec to a data transfer rate of 150 MB/sec with SATA Generation 1 (gen1) and 300 MB/sec with
SATA Gen2. Populated with five SATA drives, the SiI 4726 Storage Appliance stores as much as 2.5
terabytes of data.
The SiI 4726 Storage Appliance is coupled with a processing architecture that provides enhanced
data protection, high-performance storage, and plug-and-play functionality. The SiI 4726 Storage
Appliance is a simple and affordable solution that transparently replicates data, eliminating a
vulnerability that is too often overlooked or considered too expensive to solve. Volumes can be
created with mirrored drives, providing automated data protection along with notifications when a
drive needs replacement.
The SiI 4726 Storage Appliance is available from leading storage partners in preconfigured user
set-ups or it can be set up on site. The end-user does not need to be an experienced storage network
administrator to understand and configure the SiI 4726 Storage Appliance, nor does he need prior
knowledge of physical disk drives or storage concepts. The SiI 4726 Manager can be run at any time
to monitor or reconfigure the Storage Appliance. The SiI 4726 Manager’s monitoring function allows
preventive maintenance and enables troubleshooting by using environment-control feedback. The
guided configuration utility helps the end-user set up and maintain the best possible configuration for
his/her organization.
For demanding performance applications such as video or audio editing, digital imaging, sophisticated
data manipulation, or just the fastest gaming platform in town, the SiI 4726 Storage Appliance can be
preconfigured as a striped disk array, simultaneously accessing multiple drives for blazing fast disk
performance.
The industry-approved external SATA connector assures a robust and reliable interconnect and
extends the reach of your SiI 4726 Storage Appliance.