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Glossary
backup v i ew A backup that has been assigned a drive letter and can be opened and explored
using
My Computer/Windows Explorer
Console The Windows-based application tha t enables you to discover all the storage
systems
on your subnet, view their version and network informa t ion, access the
Manager
, and map drive letters to shared folders
data d i sk or
part i t i on
A hard disk or partition of a hard disk that is no t used to run t he computer opera t ing
system
group A collection of one or more users that can be given access t o a shared f older all at
once
ju mbo frame A large packe t size for t ransferring data between the storage system and computers
in the network
Manager The Web-based user interface that enables you to configure t he storage system
NIC An acronym for network interface card
NTP An acronym for Network Time Protocol , a mechanism for synchronizing a
compu
t er’s time with a standard time on a server
RAID An acronym for redundant array of independen t disks
Dif f erent levels of RAIDs provide dif f erent types of da t a protection and da t a
duplication,
as well as enhance the performance of your disks.
remote boot The process of booting your computer f rom the storage system rather than from a
local
hard disk
shared folder A folder on the storage system that can be accessed by authorized users
subnet A portion o f a local area network
Computers in a subne t typically have IP addresses that are the same except f or the
last
three digits . For example, compu t ers with IP addresses o f 192.168.0.101,
192.168.0 . 102, and 192.168.0 . 103 would all belong to the same subnet.