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ReadyNAS™ 1100
Ultra Efficient, Feature-Rich, Cost-Effective NAS
•Idealfordepartmentsandworkgroups
•Backsupandarchivesdata
•SupportsRAID0,1,5,X-RAID™
•IntegratesintoActiveDirectory
•Designedforeasyservicing
•Remarkablyenergyefcient
ReadyNAS™1100wasdesignedspecicallyforsmallbusinessesandworkgroups.Theultra-
efcient,rack-mountable,1Unetworkattachedstorage(NAS)applianceiscost-effectiveaswell
asrichinfeatures,includingGigabitEthernet,hardwareRAID,continuoussystemmonitoringand
effortlessActiveDirectoryintegration.WithReadyNAS,thereisnoadditionalsoftwaretoinstall
becausetheoperatingsystemisembedded.
Backup and Data Archiving
Asoundinformationlifecyclemanagementstrategyincludesbackupanddataprotectionaswellas
archivingandlong-termretention.ReadyNAScancost-effectivelyhelpyouwitheach.ReadyNAS
1100tsintoastandarddatacenterrack,providingaperfectbackuptarget.WiththehelpofEMC
®
Retrospect
®
backupandrecoverysoftware,includedwithReadyNAS,youcansetautomaticbackups
ofallofyournetworkclients–whethertheyareWindows®,MacorLinux.Additionally,ReadyNAS
includesanintegratedbackupmanagerthatenablesone-buttonorscheduledbackupfromyour
appliancetobothexternalUSBHDDandremoteserversforoffsiterotation.ReadyNAScanalsobe
usedforlong-termstorageandarchiving,whetheryouarelookingtocomplywithSarbanes-Oxley,
Gramm-Leach-Bliley,HIPAA,oryousimplywanttoexercisesolidbusinesspractices.
Hardware RAID
SupportinghardwareacceleratedRAID(RedundantArrayofIndependentDisks),ReadyNASensures
fulldataredundancywithprotectionagainsthardwarefailure.Ifonedrivefails,thedatavolumes
canstillberebuiltwiththeremainingdrives.ReadyNAScanbeconguredforlevels0,1,5or
ReadyNAS’sownX-RAID™technology.X-RAIDautomatesthevolumeexpansionforyouwhen
scalingfrom1HDDto4HDD.Startwithonedisk,andthenaddadditionaldisks,orevenupgrade
tohighercapacitydiskslater,withoutshufingthedataandreconguringthesystem.
Active Directory Integration
TheSarbanes-OxleyActandotherregulationshavedrivencompany-widepolicyenforcementof
resourceanddataaccess.WindowsActiveDirectorycentrallyorganizescompanycredentialsand
permissions,andwhenaddingdevicestotheinfrastructure,seamlessintegrationisveryimportant.
ReadyNAScanbeintegratedintoActiveDirectoryinafewkeystrokes,allowingyoutotakefull
advantageoftheexistingpermissions.IfyouhavenotdeployedActiveDirectory,ReadyNAScanbe
setupwithitsownshareanduser/grouppermissions.
Rapid System Board
Replacement Module
Inadditiontotheground-breakingX-RAID™technology,theReadyNAS1100haspushedthe
envelopevenfurtherwiththeintroductionoftheX-Change
®
S10–RapidSystemBoardreplacement
module.ReadyNAShascleverlypackagedthesystemboard,powersupplyandcoolingfansintoa
discretemodule.X-Changefacilitatestheservicingofnon-HDDrelatedfailuresandliterallytakes
justmomentstoswapout,savingmanhoursandminimizingdowntimewhenitismostcritical.
Efficient System Design
Therack-mountable1UformfactoroftheReadyNAS1100hasaremarkable12-inchdepththat
facilitatesback-to-backarrangements.Itsmodulardesign—thesystemboardmoduleseparates
fromthedrivebaychassis—makesitveryeasytoservice.TheuniqueNAS-specicprocessor,
coupledwithsmartpowermanagementoptions,includingsequencedrivespin-up,andidledrive
spin-down,resultinlessthana80Wattpowerconsumption.