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ReadyNAS™ NV+
Robust Features Coupled with Easy Management
•Servesleseasily • Backsupdataeffortlessly
•Streamsmusicandvideoquickly • Sharesprinterswithease
•WorkswithWindows
®
, Mac
®
, and Linux
®
ReadyNAS™NV+wasdesignedspecicallyforhomeofces,smallbusinessesandworkgroups.
Neverbeforehastherebeenavailableacost-conscienceNetworkAttachedStorage(NAS)
appliancepackedwithrobusthigh-endserverfeatures,includingGigabitEthernet,hardware
RAID,systemmonitoringcapabilitiesandbuilt-inbackup.ReadyNAScouplesoutofthebox
deploymentandeasymanagementwithrobustleservinganddataredundancy.
Easy Deployment
and Management
Withaneasywebbrowserinterfaceandsetupwizard,ReadyNAScanbeconguredwith
minimaleffort—savingyouvaluabletime.Traditionalleserverscantakehourstocongure
and,evenonceupandrunning,don’thavebuilt-insystemmonitoringandemailalerts.
AvailablewithReadyNAS,automaticalertsgiveyouthepeaceofmindthatthingsarerunning
smoothlybecauseiftroubleshouldarise,youwillbenotied.
RAID
SupportinghardwareacceleratedRAID(RedundantArrayofIndependentDisks)levels0,1,
5andReadyNAS’sownX-RAID™technology,ReadyNASensuresfulldataredundancywith
protectionagainsthardwarefailure–somethingpreviouslyonlyavailableinhighendservers.
Ifonedrivefails,thedatavolumescanstillberebuiltwiththeremainingdrives.WithoutRAID,
onceafailureoccurs,yourisklosingallofthedatastoredonthedrive.
X-RAID Technology
ReadyNAS’spatentpendingX-RAIDtechnologyautomatesthevolumeexpansionforyouas
youscalefrom1HDDto4HDD.MostNASdevicesonthemarketaren’tfuture-proof.You
can’taddorreplacedisksforlargercapacity.ReadyNASallowsyoutostartwithonedisk,then
addtheadditionaldrivesovertime,withoutreconguringthesystemandshufingthedata.
Additionally,asdiskcapacitybecomeslargerandcheaper,youcanreplaceallfourdisks,one-
by-one,whileX-RAIDautomaticallymanagestheRAIDdetailsforyou.
Backup
Asoundbackupstrategyisimportantandrelyingonmanuallycopyingyourimportantlesis
tediousanderror-prone.WiththehelpofEMC®Retrospect®backupandrecoverysoftware,
youcansetautomaticbackupsofallofyournetworkclients–whethertheyareWindows,Mac
orLinux–toyourReadyNAS.Additionally,ReadyNASincludesanintegratedbackupmanager
thatenablesone-buttonbackupfromyourNASappliancetoexternalUSBHDDforoffsite
rotation,ortoremoteservers,ifneeded.
File Serving and
Media Streaming
ReadyNASisasinglecentralizedsourceforallofyourdigitaldata.Thevarietyofdigitaldevices
andharddrivesthatcurrentlyhousethedatainyourhomeandofcecanmakelocatinga
particularlequitearduous.ReadyNAScanbringallofthatdatatogetherforfastandeasyle
servingtomultipleclientssimultaneously.Ifit’svideoorotherhigh-denitionmediayouare
workingwith,youcanuseyourReadyNASforstreamingtomultipledevicesatthesametime.
Advanced System Design
TheindustrialdesignandultracompactformfactoroftheReadyNASmakesitperfectforany
homeofceorsmallbusiness.Standingonlyeightinchestallandveincheswide,itcantin
anyentertainmentcenteroronanydeskwithouttakingupmuchspaceormakingmuchnoise.
ReadyNASalsoofferslowpowerconsumptionandaspecialenergy-savingmodethatallows
you to automate startup and shutdown.