Verbatim POWERBAY NAS Array - Product Overview; About this User Guide; Introduction; Package Contents

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This user guide describes the functionality of the Verbatim PowerBay™
Network Attached Storage (NAS) array product. The guide provides
the information
y
ou will need to install and confi
g
ure the
p
roduct
based on your specifi c network environment and storage needs. To
obtain further product information, fi rmware updates, and useful
articles, please check our web site regularly at www.verbatim-europe.
com/su
pp
or
t
Introduction
The Verbatim PowerBay NAS array provides four disk cartridges
confi gurable in various RAID levels for superior performance and data
re
d
un
d
ancy. T
h
e PowerBay NAS array ena
bl
es you to s
h
are
d
ocuments,
fi les, and di
g
ital media such as music,
p
hotos, and video with ever
y
one
on the home or offi ce network. Remotely accessing fi les through the
Internet is a
l
so possi
bl
e wit
h
t
h
e
b
ui
l
t-in FTP server. W
h
et
h
er you are
allowin
g
access locall
y
or over the Internet, kee
p
data safe b
y
g
ivin
g
access ri
g
hts onl
y
to s
p
ecifi c users or
g
rou
p
s.
When con
fi
guring the PowerBay NAS array, you can create users
and
g
rou
p
s and assi
g
n them to
f
olders with either read or read/write
permissions. This is ideal for an offi ce environment with employee-
speci
fi
c sensitive data or
f
or the home network. The PowerBay NAS
arra
y
will be available to an
y
com
p
uter (PC, MAC, or Linux-based)
on
y
our network, without the need to install an
y
software on the
compu
t
er.
Pac
k
age Content
s
• Verbatim PowerBay 4-Bay NAS array
• Front Pane
l
Loc
k
Key
• A
C
Power
C
ord
•
C
AT-
6
Networ
k
C
a
bl
e
• CD-ROM containing software and documentation.
• Quic
k
Insta
ll
ation Gui
d
e
System Requirement
s
For best results, the
f
ollowing system requirements are
r
eco
mm
e
n
ded
:
• Com
p
uter with: 1GHz Processor / 512 MB RAM / 200MB
available s
p
ace / CD-ROM Drive
• Current web browser, such as Internet Explorer, Mozilla Fire
f
ox
or
S
afar
i
• Gigabit Ethernet router or switch
• Windows XP
,
Windows Vista
,
Windows 7
,
Mac OS X 10.2 or
h
i
gh
er, or Linu
x
F
e
at
u
r
es
an
d
B
e
n
efi
t
s
T
he Verbatim PowerBa
y
NAS arra
y
su
pp
orts 4 hard drive cartrid
g
es
and includes the product features listed below:
• Equipped two 10/100/1000 Mbps Full/hal
f
-duplex auto-MDIX
Gigabit Ethernet ports
• Embedded four internal SATA II 3.5” HDD interface
• Two access modes su
pp
orted: O
p
en mode and Account mode,
no setup necessary in open mode.
• Supports Magical Finder utility (Windows 2000, Windows XP,
Windows Vista, and Windows 7
)
• Su
pp
orts confi
g
uration fi le save/loa
d
• DHCP Client
• LLTD for Vista 32/64-bit
• CIFS/SMB for Windows
• NFSv2/v3 for Linux and UNIX
• AFP 3.1 for Mac O
S
• Active Director
y
su
pp
ort for Windows Server 2008
• EXT2
/3
Internal hard drive forma
t
• FAT32 (R/W) and NTFS (Read only) for External USB drive
• FAT32 (R/W) and NTFS (Read onl
y
)
f
or eSATA devic
e
• 256-bit AES disk encr
yp
tion
• Unicode Suppor
t
• Power Savin
g
(Disk idle s
p
in-down)
•
A
utomatic power recovery
•
S
cheduled Power
O
n
/Off
•
S
hare Folder Level Permission
• Public Folder
• Support
f
or Users and Groups
•
U
ser s
h
are Fo
ld
er Quota
C
ontro
l
• Users can be assigned to multiple Groups
• Scheduled Backu
p
f
rom PC to NAS
• Rea
l
time LAN Bac
k
up
• Sc
h
e
d
u
l
e
d
LAN Bac
k
up (Rep
l
ication
b
y Rsync
)
• eSATA Backu
p
(co
py
fi
les
f
rom attached eSATA drive to NAS)
• USB Backup (copy
fi
les
f
rom attached USB drive to NAS)
•
S
ystem status
• Em
a
il
a
l
e
rt
s
• NTP
S
erver
• Print
S
erver
• Externa
l
Storage
d
evice via USB or eSAT
A
• UPS monitoring