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ReadyNAS NVX Business Edition User Manual Chapter 1 Getting Acquainted This chapter provides an overview of the features and capabilities of the ReadyNAS NVX Business Edition. It also covers the unit's physical features, main software, and initial setup steps. Topics discussed in this chapter include: • "What is the ReadyNAS NVX?" • "What Are the Benefits of X-RAID and X-RAID2?" • "Introducing the Status Displays, Ports, and Drive Bay" • "Choosing a Location for a ReadyNAS NVX" • "Initial Setup" • "The RAIDar Setup Utility" • "The FrontView Management Console" • "NETGEAR ReadyNAS Community" What is the ReadyNAS NVX? NETGEAR ReadyNAS gigabit network storage products provide small and medium sized businesses with easy-to-use, high-performance network attached storage solutions to share and protect critical data. Housed in a compact desktop form factor, the ReadyNAS NVX Business Edition supports up to four SATA I or SATA II hard drives via lockable, hot-swappable disk trays. Three USB 2.0 ports enable the connection of USB drives or printers. Based on current drive capacities, the ReadyNAS provides up to 6TB of network attached storage that can easily be expanded as larger capacity drives become available. The ReadyNAS enables users across the LAN, WAN, or over the Internet to back up and share data from Windows, Macintosh, and Linux systems. ReadyNAS offers extensible robust highavailability data protection. Its fail-safe features include dual redundant Gigabit Ethernet ports, support for RAID 0, 1, 5, RAID 5 plus hot spare, and NETGEAR's proprietary X-RAID2TM for automatic volume expansion. You can also allocate iSCSI target volumes on ReadyNAS NVX Business Edition and the ReadyNAS Pro series. In addition to a Web based graphical user interface (GUI) and setup wizard for ease-of-use and setup, ReadyNAS features an LCD display that provides quick and intuitive system status readings Getting Acquainted 1-1 v1.1, February 2009

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ReadyNAS NVX Business Edition User Manual
Getting Acquainted
1-1
v1.1, February 2009
Chapter 1
Getting Acquainted
This chapter provides an overview of the features and capabilities of the ReadyNAS NVX
Business Edition. It also covers the unit’s physical features, main software, and initial setup steps.
Topics discussed in this chapter include:
•
“What is the ReadyNAS NVX?”
•
“What Are the Benefits of X-RAID and X-RAID2?”
•
“Introducing the Status Displays, Ports, and Drive Bay”
•
“Choosing a Location for a ReadyNAS NVX”
•
“Initial Setup”
•
“The RAIDar Setup Utility”
•
“The FrontView Management Console”
•
“NETGEAR ReadyNAS Community”
What is the ReadyNAS NVX?
NETGEAR ReadyNAS gigabit network storage products provide small and medium sized
businesses with easy-to-use, high-performance network attached storage solutions to share and
protect critical data. Housed in a compact desktop form factor, the ReadyNAS NVX Business
Edition supports up to four SATA I or SATA II hard drives via lockable, hot-swappable disk trays.
Three USB 2.0 ports enable the connection of USB drives or printers. Based on current drive
capacities, the ReadyNAS provides up to 6TB of network attached storage that can easily be
expanded as larger capacity drives become available.
The ReadyNAS enables users across the LAN, WAN, or over the Internet to back up and share
data from Windows, Macintosh, and Linux systems. ReadyNAS offers extensible robust high-
availability data protection. Its fail-safe features include dual redundant Gigabit Ethernet ports,
support for RAID 0, 1, 5, RAID 5 plus hot spare, and NETGEAR’s proprietary
X-RAID2
TM
for automatic volume expansion. You can also allocate iSCSI target volumes on
ReadyNAS NVX Business Edition and the ReadyNAS Pro series.
In addition to a Web based graphical user interface (GUI) and setup wizard for ease-of-use and
setup, ReadyNAS features an LCD display that provides quick and intuitive system status readings