Tandberg Data NAS Hardware Viking FS-1500 - Manual (Page 8)

Tandberg Data System Overview
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Notes
The Microsoft® Windows® Storage Server 2003 x64 Edition operating system is
designed to support 32–bit applications without modification; however, any 32–bit
applications that are run on this operating system should be thoroughly tested
before releasing the storage server to a production environment.
Microsoft® Windows® Unified Data Storage Server 2003, Enterprise x64 Edition
operating system provides unified storage server management capabilities,
simplified setup and management of storage and shared folders, and support for
Microsoft iSCSI Software Target.
Notes
For more information about Microsoft® Windows® Unified Data Storage Server
2003 operating system, see “Using iSCSI Software Target” on chapter 9.
1.1.1. Product Manageability
The Viking Series NAS appliance ships with the following utilities and
features that ease the administration tasks associated with managing the
system:
• The Recovery Disc (factory image) contains the preconfigured default
settings of either the Windows Storage Server 2003 R2 operating system
or the Microsoft® Windows® Unified Data Storage Server 2003 operating
system. This is a quick and easy way to setup or bring the Viking Series
NAS appliances back to the factory default configuration.
• Using the Windows Remote Desktop client to establish
administrative session with the appliance without physically
connecting to it.
• Ability to connect directly to the NAS appliance’s console.
1.2. Redundancy
The Viking Series NAS appliance is specifically designed to perform file
serving tasks for networks, using industry standard components to ensure
reliability. Other industry standard features, such as redundant array of
independent drives (RAID) and remote manageability, further enhance the
overall dependability of the NAS appliance.
To ensure redundancy and reliability, it is recommended that the hard drives
installed in the Viking Series NAS appliance are configured so that a single
drive failure will not cause data loss or system failure.
Depending on the model of Viking Series NAS used, it is capable of support
from 4 HDD to 16 HDD in a single chassis:
• Viking FS-412 supports up to 4 HDD (1U)
• Viking FS-1600 / FS-1610 supports up to 16 HDD (3U)