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Chapter 1 Introducing Your Storage System
Additional accessories
The storage system supports up to two USB disks, which can be purchased
separately
.
Notes:
l Only USB disks are supported . USB hubs and other USB devices are no t
supported.
l Any USB disk must be formatted before you can use it with the storage
system,
and only the first partition o f a FAT or FAT32 file system will be
recognized
.
l Do not use a USB cable to a tt ach the storage system directly to a USB port on
a computer .
Key features and benefits
l Flexible storage capacity —The storage system supports up to four 3.5"
SATA-I hard disks, with a capacity of 250–500 GB each.
l Built-in data protection —In addition to a linear disk con f igura t ion in which all
the
disks are treated as independent entities , the storage system supports
several
dif f eren t types o f RAIDs (redundant arrays of independent disks). This
means
that you can t ake advantage of the build-in da t a protection and da t a
duplication
offered by advanced RAID levels. If your storage system has
multiple hard disks and one fails, you won’t lose important da t a . For more
informa
t ion, refer to Appendix B , "Disk Con f igurations ."
l Simple administration —You can run the browser-based managemen t
interface from any computer in your network, and it s informative wizards and
configuration
pages will help you accomplish your t asks quickly and easily .
l Status at a g l ance —The Home page of the managemen t interface lets you
quickly
determine how much space is being used and who’s curren t ly
connected.
l Support for multiple p l atforms —Whether the computers in your network run
Windows,
Mac OS X or other Mac operating systems, or Linux, you can set up
file
sharing for each o f them.
l Security —Only authorized users can access t he shared folders on your storage
system.
You can also con t rol whe t her the user can only view the information in
the shared folders or also add, modify , or dele t e files there.
l Fast performance —With it s gigabit Et hernet support, the storage system
provides
fast access t o the da t a you need, when you need it.