Powerful, Expandable, NAS Server Appliance SNAZ R6 is a Network Attached Storage (NAS) server appliance ideally suited for eliminating the administration headaches, compatibility challenges, and integration requirements of general purpose servers. NAS is a widely accepted method to simplify network storage access and expansion for good reasons. Now, storage can be added directly to the network simply, easily, and with more features than general purpose server solutions. NAS costs less to implement and support and provides simultaneous access to Windows and UNIX clients. SNAZ R6 can be upgraded to provide a bridge to Fibre Channel SAN. Merging NAS and SAN technologies combines the features and performance of a SAN with the ease and convenience of a NAS product. Users can expand storage beyond the integrated six SCSI drives by connecting directly to a Fibre Channel SAN. This capability enables customers to leverage their investments in SAN infrastructure, skills and tools, and reap the benefits of NAS including simplicity, quick deployment cycles, reduced cost of access and heterogeneous data sharing. SNAZ R6 is a fully integrated six bay LVD SCSI storage array that features the Raidtec nEngine® FlashLinux based NAS operating system software.

Key features include

• nEngine ServerAppliance - Full featured network File Server Appliance with PPC 750 processor, 18MB Flash for Operating System and extensions, up to 512MB memory, two 10/ 100 Ethernet Channels, two LVID SCSI, optional Fibre Channel upgrade, and two serial Ports.
• FlashLinux Software - Embedded NAS Operating system software, fully upgradeable via web download.
• Web Browser Administration - Installs in minutes, simple point and click graphical user interface for setup, monitoring, and administration.
• Windows CIFS and UNIX NFS - Allows simultaneous heterogeneous access for Windows, UNIX and Macintosh* users.
• RAID FaultTolerant Support - Easy to use Volume Management allows up to 8 RAID sets, each RAID set can have a unique RAID Level (0, 1, 10, and 5) and Hot Spare assignment.
• Superior Scalability with 6 internal LVD SCSI SCA-2 drive bays and expansion up to multiple Terabytes with optional SAN FC interface.
• Dual 10/100 Ethernet Channels for network growth and load balancing.
• Optional Fibre Channel SAN Interface supports up to 128 SAN disk drives or StorageArrays including FibreArray® Hll 2 and FibreArray® AA.
• Integrated Tape backup software allows system backup without degrading network performance
• Optional 5 1/4" integrated tape backup device provides local tape backup capability with out impacting network performance
• SNAZ R6 simply makes good business sense as a high performance direct Network Attached Storage file server appliance. It is ideally suited for Inter/Intranet ISP, e-commerce, web filer, departmental server, and virtually any distributed file or data sharing application. Featuring high I/Os and high data throughput, with optional Fibre Channel SAN capability the SNAZ R6 is the next step for those who wish to simply and easily expand their data storage and file serving capacity.

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