





NAS Product Links NAS Storage RS8200 NAS Server RS8100 NAS File Server RS4400 NAS Appliance RS4100NAS Special Features Data Archiving SmartExtend SmartSync SnapShots NAS Product Options External Tape Library Internal Tape Drive | | | SmartExtend is a storage utilization and virtualization technology for network attached storage solutions. The main goal of SmartExtend is to manage storage resource for multiple NAS storage units in the network as a single IP Storage network. That's mean better resource utilization, ease of storage management and simpler expansion of storage infrastructure. | 
| With the SmartExtend technology disk space is no longer limited by the number of ATA hard drives a NAS storage system can physically be connected to. When a NAS storage system is running out of hard disk space SmartExtend virtualizes resources from other participating NAS Storage units. |
| Features | Connects to SmartExtend storage solution using Ethernet and IP technology Improved data availability with Automatic SmartExtend Restoration technology Manages user accounts, security settings, quota controls Data backups centrally on the SmartExtend initiator
| Benefits | Add NAS storage capacity when necessary Manage security controls centrally on the SmartExtend initiator Unified name space – only one server name for easy client access
| | |
|    |
|