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System Overview
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Product Information
The Tandberg Viking Series NAS appliance can be used in many types of
computing environments, from basic Microsoft Windows workgroups to
complicated multi-protocol domains using DFS, NFS, FTP, HTTP, and
Microsoft SMB. The corresponding varieties of clients that can be serviced
include any Windows, UNIX, Linux, Novell, or Macintosh variant.
This chapter provides an overview of these environments and deployments
and includes brief descriptions of the available user interfaces. The Viking
Series NAS appliance is the disk-based storage for remote office or small to
medium business class NAS solutions that provide reliable performance,
manageability, and fault tolerance.
The Viking Series NAS appliance provides performance gains over general
purpose servers by integrating optimized hardware components and
specialized operating software. Integrating NAS appliance into the network
improves the performance of existing servers because NAS appliances are
optimized for file serving tasks.
Notes
The Viking Series NAS appliance has been specifically designed to function as a
Network Attached Storage server. Except as specifically authorized by Tandberg
Data, you may not use the server software to support additional applications or
significant functionality other than system utilities or server resource management
or similar software that you may install and use solely for system administration,
system performance enhancement, and/or preventative maintenance of the
appliance.
Your Viking Series NAS appliance comes preinstalled with either the Windows®
Storage Server™ 2003 R2 operating system (32-bit version) or the Microsoft®
Windows® Unified Data Storage Server 2003, Enterprise x64 Edition operating
system.
Microsoft Windows Storage Server 2003 R2 extends the Windows Storage
Server 2003 operating system, providing a more efficient way to manage and
control access to local and remote resources. In addition, Windows Storage
Server 2003 R2 provides a scalable, security-enhanced Web platform for
simplified branch server management, improved identity and access
management, and more efficient
storage management.
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Tandberg Viking Series Storage Server Administration Manual
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