Tandberg Data NAS Hardware Viking FS-1500 - Manual (Page 12)

Tandberg Data System Overview
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1.5. Environment scenarios
The NAS appliance is deployed in one of two security modes:
• Workgroup
• Domain (Windows NT® Domain or Active Directory Domain)
The NAS appliance uses standard Windows user and group administration
methods in each of these environments. For procedural instructions on
managing users and groups, see Chapter 5 of this Manual.
Regardless of the deployment, the NAS appliance integrates easily into
multi-protocol environments, supporting a wide variety of clients. The
following protocols are supported:
• Distributed File System (DFS)
• Network File System (NFS)
• Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP)
• File Transfer Protocol (FTP)
• Microsoft Server Message Block (SMB)
1.5.1. Workgroup
In a workgroup environment, users and groups are stored and managed
separately, on each member server of the workgroup. Workgroups are
typical for very small deployments where little or no computing environment
planning is required.
1.5.2. Domain
When operating in a Windows NT or Active Directory domain environment,
the NAS appliance is a member of the domain and the domain controller is
the repository of all account information. Client machines are also members
of the domain and users log on to the domain through their Windows based
client machines. The domain controller also administers user accounts and
appropriate access levels to resources that are a part of the domain.
Additional information about planning for domain environments can be found
at Microsoft web site.
The NAS appliance obtains user account information from the domain
controller when deployed in a domain environment. The NAS server itself
cannot act as a domain controller, backup domain controller, or the root of
an Active Directory tree as these functions are disabled in the operating
system.