Seagate STBN100 Seagate Business Storage 1-Bay, 2-Bay, and 4-Bay NAS Administr - Page 40

Glossary shared folder A shared folder on your Seagate NAS that stores and protects backup files, as well as other files that can be accessed by other people. SMART Self-Monitoring Analysis and Reporting Technology. Technology built into disk drives that let them automatically monitor their own health and report on possible problems. Not all disk drives have SMART support. span A group of disk drives collected in a server, not protected by RAID. Also known as JBOD. See also RAID. spin down Referring to disk drives, a term that means to stop spinning. SSL certificate Secure Socket Layer certificate, part of the SSL encryption method. SSL (also known as Transport Layer Security) is a type of encryption used to protect data being sent over a network or the Internet. SSL uses a system of keys, like secret passwords, to send and receive files securely. stripe Also known as RAID 0. A volume with striping includes two or more disk drives where data is distributed evenly (striped) across the disk drives in equal-sized sections. A striped volume does not maintain redundant data, and so offers no data protection. However, compared to an equal-sized group of independent disks, a striped volume provides faster performance. Seagate Business Storage NAS Administrator Guide 40