Product specifications

GALAXYNASLX CONFIGURATION AND SYSTEM INTEGRATION GUIDE
12 Section 1 Intro and Overview
Section 1
GalaxyNASLX
Introduction and Overview
1.1 Product Specifications
1.1.1 Overview
The GalaxyNASLX model GNAS2U-LX4000 is the newest member of Rorke Data’s growing
family of Network Attached Storage (NAS) products. It is a low profile (2U) rack mount NAS
solution designed for your network attached data storage needs.
As with the other Rorke NAS products, the GalaxyNASLX is characterized by many of the
same outstanding features and attributes as those of other NAS family members. Those
features include preloaded Flash module Linux operating system, network connectivity load
balancing, integrated software functions that help ease configuration and use, ease of
deployment in the network, as well as built-in tools to facilitate remote management and
systems management, backup management, business continuance replication management,
and upgradeable storage capacities. The GalaxyNASLX supports the major industry-standard
file protocols: CIFS, SMB, NFS, Apple Talk , HTTP, and FTP.
The GalaxyNASLX is a high-performance network storage device designed for a variety of
Ethernet LAN storage applications in the Audio, Video, Print Graphics, Medical imagery, and
Video surveillance markets. Because of the unique way the storage and OS interact,
streaming data becomes the real strength of the GalaxyNASLX . Although difficult to project
how successful it will be with your specific usage, many of Rorke Data’s customers are
finding that the GalaxyNASLX fits a storage requirement that was recently being filled by
expensive direct attached work station storage.