PLANET NAS-7410 - Manual (Page 118)

4-Bay SATA NAS RAID Server with iSCSI
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Appendix C Troubleshooting & Frequently Asked Questions
Features
What is NAS?
NAS is a term used to refer to storage elements that connect to a
network and provide file access services to computer systems. A
NAS storage element consists of an engine, which implements the
file services, and one or more devices on which data is stored. NAS
may be attached to any type of network.
What is the difference
between NAS and SAN?
NAS SAN
Cost is lower Cost is higher
Data typically is accessed by
clients
Data typically is accessed by
servers
File system resides in NAS File system resides in server
For small business and
workgroup
For large enterprise
Providing file-based data
accessing
Providing block-based data
transfer
Using standard file sharing
protocol
Using encapsulated SCSI
protocol
How many nodes of ACL can
be applicable in the
NAS-7410?
NAS-7410 provides 10,239 nodes for ACL setting access control of
client.
Hardware Installation
Is the OS of NAS-7410
stored in the hard disk drive?
No, OS of NAS-7410 is not stored in hard disk drive. Instead, OS and
system configuration information of NAS-7410 are stored in the CF
Card.
Is there any storage
management function
provided for NAS-7410?
RAID management, disk quota and scan disk are management
functions provided for NAS-7410.
How difficult is it to install a
NAS-7410?
It only takes about 15 minutes to install NAS-7410 in the existing or
start-up networking environments without any network downtime.
What benefits are available
from the dual NIC?
The dual NIC in NAS-7410 can provide load-balance function to
relieve network traffic. In addition, the dual NIC also provides the
fail-over function to ensure consistent network connectivity.
RAID Building
What RAID policy does
NAS-7410 support?
NAS-7410 supports three RAID policies:
• RAID 0: Stripe/Span. (2 ~ 8 hard disk drives). It interleaves data