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PRODUCT OVERVIEW  Optional dual power supply: WD Sentinel RX4100 offers the small business owner the option of adding a redundant external power supply that will take over should a power surge or other failure damage the internal power supply. With the optional external power supply you have the added peace of mind knowing that your system will remain operational and available.  Optional off-site disaster recovery protection: Protect your business data against a disaster by creating an off-site copy to the cloud using KeepVault®*. Learn more at wdc.keepvault.com. Secure remote access: WD Sentinel RX4100 is perfect for businesses with employees working remotely or in home offices. You have the security of knowing all your business files are safely stored on your WD Sentinel RX4100 small business storage server. With built-in secure remote access, remote employees, contractors, or clients with access permissions can securely access business data from any computer with an Internet connection. Leading-edge performance: With dual Gigabit Ethernet connectivity, WD Sentinel RX4100 delivers read speeds up to 105 MB/s through the Gigabit Ethernet interface. That's three times faster than most network drives in this category today. Note: As tested using a file transfer simulator using two sets of large files averaged over 10 runs. Fully Compatible with Mac OS Clients: WD Sentinel RX4100 supports Apple® Filing Protocol (AFP), which provides complete compatibility for Mac OS-based client machines. Discover WD Sentinel RX4100 automatically using Bonjour®, seamlessly back up your Mac OS clients using Apple's Time Machine® backup utility, enjoy faster data transfer over Ethernet using AFP, and manage your WD Sentinel RX4100 server using the Administration Dashboard application for Mac. Virtualize WD Sentinel storage using iSCSI Target: WD Sentinel RX4100 offers built-in iSCSI target functionality integrated within Dashboard to easily manage the setup, administration and deployment of iSCSI Storage. IT Pro's and advanced users have the ability to partition their WD Sentinel RX4100 for both NAS File-based storage as well as iSCSI-SAN with the iSCSI Target solution powered by StarWind®. This capability enables the Administrator to create and manage multiple iSCSI targets to meet the specific needs of their dynamic IT environments. A total solution with industry-leading technology partners: We combined hardware and software from industry leaders to deliver a reliable, secure and easy-to-manage storage server designed specifically for small business environments. WD Sentinel RX4100 features:  Best-in-class hard drives - Equipped with hard drives that feature high capacity storage, peak performance and best-in-class reliability.  Intel® Atom™ processor - Built with Intel Atom dual core processor inside, WD Sentinel™ RX4100 can easily handle your small business's day-to-day computing and file storage demands.  Windows Storage Server 2008 R2 Essentials - Microsoft Windows Storage Server 2008 R2 Essentials operating system provides the intuitive, reliable and scalable storage solution your small business needs to quickly and efficiently organize, protect and share your critical business data using the familiar Windows user experience. With enterpriseclass, server-based, block-level de-dupe backup capability you can be confident that your data is well protected. *Pre-installed in US-only models WD SENTINEL RX4100 4 ADMINISTRATOR AND MAINTENANCE GUIDE

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PRODUCT OVERVIEW
4
WD SENTINEL RX4100
ADMINISTRATOR AND MAINTENANCE GUIDE
Optional dual power supply
: WD Sentinel RX4100 offers the small business owner the
option of adding a redundant external power supply that will take over should a power
surge or other failure damage the internal power supply. With the optional external
power supply you have the added peace of mind knowing that your system will remain
operational and available.
Optional off-site disaster recovery protection
: Protect your business data against a
disaster by creating an off-site copy to the cloud using KeepVault
®
*. Learn more at
wdc.keepvault.com
.
Secure remote access
:
WD Sentinel RX4100 is perfect for businesses with employees
working remotely or in home offices. You have the security of knowing all your business files
are safely stored on your WD Sentinel RX4100 small business storage server. With built-in
secure remote access, remote employees, contractors, or clients with access permissions
can securely access business data from any computer with an Internet connection.
Leading-edge performance
: With dual Gigabit Ethernet connectivity, WD Sentinel
RX4100 delivers read speeds up to 105 MB/s through the Gigabit Ethernet interface. That's
three times faster than most network drives in this category today.
Note: As tested using a file transfer simulator using two sets of large files averaged over 10 runs.
Fully Compatible with Mac OS Clients
: WD Sentinel RX4100 supports Apple
®
Filing
Protocol (AFP), which provides complete compatibility for Mac OS-based client machines.
Discover WD Sentinel RX4100 automatically using Bonjour
®
, seamlessly back up your Mac
OS clients using Apple’s Time Machine
®
backup utility, enjoy faster data transfer over
Ethernet using AFP, and manage your WD Sentinel RX4100 server using the Administration
Dashboard application for Mac.
Virtualize WD Sentinel storage using iSCSI Target
: WD Sentinel RX4100 offers built-in
iSCSI target functionality integrated within Dashboard to easily manage the setup,
administration and deployment of iSCSI Storage. IT Pro’s and advanced users have the
ability to partition their WD Sentinel RX4100 for both NAS File-based storage as well as
iSCSI-SAN with the iSCSI Target solution powered by StarWind
®
. This capability enables
the Administrator to create and manage multiple iSCSI targets to meet the specific needs of
their dynamic IT environments.
A total solution with industry-leading technology partners
: We combined hardware
and software from industry leaders to deliver a reliable, secure and easy-to-manage storage
server designed specifically for small business environments. WD Sentinel RX4100 features:
Best-in-class hard drives
– Equipped with hard drives that feature high capacity
storage, peak performance and best-in-class reliability.
Intel
®
Atom™ processor
– Built with Intel Atom dual core processor inside, WD
Sentinel™ RX4100 can easily handle your small business’s day-to-day computing and
file storage demands.
Windows Storage Server 2008 R2 Essentials
– Microsoft Windows Storage Server
2008 R2 Essentials operating system provides the intuitive, reliable and scalable storage
solution your small business needs to quickly and efficiently organize, protect and share
your critical business data using the familiar Windows user experience. With enterprise-
class, server-based, block-level de-dupe backup capability you can be confident that
your data is well protected.
*Pre-installed in US-only models