Product Overview

• 2U form factor for rack optimised environments
• Providing higher performance, improving data availability and simplifying system design
• Supports SAS disk drives for data intensive applications and SATA drives for low-cost bulk storage
• Supports up to 8 HDD (more by adding additional RAID enclosures), using universal SAS 3Gb or SATA II connectivity
• Hot Swap SAS 3Gb/SATA II HDD and hardware RAID provide optimal storage performance and data availability
• Choose between MicroSoft Windows Storage Server 2003 R2 or MicroSoft Windows Unified Data Storage Server 2003 platforms
• Easy installation and configuration using MicroSoft RDP Client or Direct attachment
• Uses DVD image for OS recovery
• Multiple snapshots using Microsoft Shadow Copy Service ensures point-in-time data recovery
• Ultra 320 LVD/SE external interface supports the most demanding tape device connection in backup and archiving operations
• Provides iSCSI-SAN solution (as iSCSI target) for remote servers and clients using WUDSS 2003

Network Attached Sorage for the SMB

Backup windows are shrinking and rapid file restores are more important than ever. IT departments require storage solutions that meet the increasing demands of users who need to share files in heterogeneous environments. The Tandberg Data Viking Series of Network Attached Solutions (NAS) is designed with this in mind and provides storage expansion, rapid file access and convenient file sharing for high data availability, fast recovery, data protection and easy data management.

The Viking FS-800U NAS offers a 2U form-factor for rack optimized environment and supports up to 8 Hard disks using universal SAS 3GB or SATA II connectivity. Powered by Microsoft Windows® Storage Server™ 2003 R2 (WSS 2003 R2) or Microsoft® Windows Unified Data Storage Server™ 2003 (WUSS 2003), and optimized for storage-specific management and applications, the all new Tandberg Viking FS-800U NAS ensures ease of deployment, flexibility and seamless integration into customers’ network environments. Users familiar with the Windows environment will find it very easy to configure the Viking NAS. WSS 2003 R2 comes with an unlimited number of Client Access Licenses. All file sharing protocols, such as CIFS/SMB, NFS, AppleTalk, DFS, HTTP&FTP and Storage report manager, are supported.

Ease of Deployment

The Tandberg Viking FS-800U NAS is easy to deploy. The Tandberg Viking FS-800UNAS is easy to deploy without drastic reconfigurations for the network for file-level or block-level access. It allows users to customise different RAID levels for protecting the OS partition. In the event the Viking FS-800 NAS needs to be restored, the recovery DVD brings the Viking FS-800U NAS back to factory default in minutes.

Easy Integration of Backup and Archiving

The Viking FS-800U NAS allows direct connection to tape drives, autoloaders or libraries through it's Ultra320 SCSI controller. This makes it the perfect device to further enhance data protection and offline staging for restores or archiving. The Viking FS-800U NAS can be implemented as a tiered storage device, a backup server or a centralised file sharing device.

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