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Storage Concepts and Technologies There are various RAID levels (or ways to define how the disks work together) that provide one or more of

Storage Concepts and Technologies RAID 0 (Striped Set) RAID 0 splits data evenly across two or more disks. Data is written in blocks across

Storage Concepts and Technologies RAID 1+Spare (Mirror + Spare) Select RAID1 + Spare to dedicate another disk as the automatic backup when

Storage Concepts and Technologies Figure 11: RAID 5 RAID 5+Spare (Parity + Spare) The RAID 5 + Spare configuration adds a "hot spare&

Storage Concepts and Technologies Figure 13: RAID 10 JBOD – (Linear) - (Just a Bunch of Disks) JBOD is technically not one of the numbere

Storage Concepts and Technologies previously). Users must have an ID on the system in order to open a CIFS, NFS or FTP connection. Data p

Storage Concepts and Technologies File/Volume Locking In order to provide an extra layer of security against data theft, encrypted volumes

Storage Concepts and Technologies 2 Warning Attempting to migrate RAID sets on non-Linksys NSS storage systems can result in RAID set c

Storage Concepts and Technologies NSS6xxx/4xxxSource:Shares to be backed up from Mirror A (full or incremental)Backup: TAR and Compress (GZ

Storage Concepts and Technologies Remote Backup The remote backup options include: • Remote CIFS Backup to a WAN accessed NSS (Figure 17)

Contents Contents 2 Introduction 3 Audience 3 Scope 3 Related Documents 3 Networked Storage Overview 4 Storage Solution 4 Storage Concepts and

Storage Concepts and Technologies to (especially for a lot of data). Backups are regularly sent off-site without user interaction. Data can

Storage Concepts and Technologies NSS6xxx onlySource:Volume(s) for which to track changesSnap Interval: • Changes to volume are tracked unt

Storage Concepts and Technologies Fortunately, the NSS system has been specifically designed to simplify the process of migrating arrays to

Storage Concepts and Technologies • Hardware based RAID array: Many other SMB and SOHO NAS devices run small processors and software-based

Storage Concepts and Technologies SMART SMART (Self-Monitoring, Analysis, and Reporting Technology) captures drive error data to predict fa

Storage Concepts and Technologies Linksys Differentiation The Linksys NSS solution comes with many advanced features at relatively low cost

Conclusion • Network Integration: Each Linksys NSS device includes dual Gigabit Ethernet ports with built-in redundancy and advanced LAN f

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Introduction The need for shared storage is becoming a lot more prevalent than in the past. A storage solution can affect many different aspects of t

Networked Storage Overview Networked Storage Overview Many small businesses are looking to leverage advanced database technology to power a

Networked Storage Overview Linksys NSS are NAS appliances that are dedicated to disk-based storage and attach to the user LAN through an or

Networked Storage Overview The typical organization will assign users a profile which defines the groups to which they belong. Shares defi

Storage Concepts and Technologies Storage Concepts and Technologies Network Attached Storage (NAS) The term network-attached storage (NAS)

Storage Concepts and Technologies Alternatively, the ports may be configured as a single logical link (aggregation) to a single switch (Fig

Storage Concepts and Technologies NSS6000 MasterJBOD (Set F + Set G)And RAID MirrorCIFS or NFS Sessions“Network Drives”NSS4000 SlaveRAID St