Software features:
| Protocols |
- CIFS/SMB, AFP, NFS, FTP, HTTP/HTTPS, iSCSI, SNMP, NDMP, NTP, ICAP, FTPS,
Secure FTP
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| Operating System Support |
- Windows XP, Vista (32/64-bit), Windows 7 (32/64-bit), Windows 8, Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows Server 2012, Apple Mac OS X, Linux, Red Hat, SuSE
|
| Server Virtualization |
- VMware vSphere
- Citrix XenServer
- Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V
|
| File System |
- Internal: ZFS
- External: FAT32, NTFS
|
| Networking |
- IPv6 support
- Fixed or dynamic IP address
- Dual Gigabit Ethernet with Jumbo Frame
- Port trunking/NIC teaming/Link aggregation (IEEE 802.3ad)
- DHCP Client
- MPIO, MC/S support
|
| Security |
- HTTPS connection
- Encrypted remote replication (rsync over 128-bit SSH)
- CHAP authentication for iSCSI volumes
- AES256-bit Encryption
|
| RAID and Volume Management |
- RAID0/1/5/5 + Hot spare/6/6+ Hot spare/10
- Online and automatic RAID capacity expansion
- Deduplication
- Inline and block-level
- Compression
- Thin provisioning (iSCSI volumes only)
- SPC-3 Persistent Reservation (iSCSI volumes only)
- ICAP-based anti-virus support
|
| Power Management |
- Wake on LAN
- Network UPS with SNMP management
- Schedule Power On/Off
- HDD Sleep-Mode
|
| Access Right Management |
- User account management
- Group management
- Folder management
- Folder and subfolder access control
- Folder quota
- Comprehensive access control action items
- All Controls, Read, Read and Run, Write, Modify, List
- Support Windows Active Directory Authentication
- Domain Users Login via CIFS/ SMB, AFP, FTP, and file explorer
- LDAP on Linux
|
| System Management |
- Web-based GUI
- HTTP/HTTPS connections
- Email alerts
- SNMP traps
- System status monitoring
- Exportable event logs
- System settings backup and restore
- LCD quick initialization
- System migration
- Time synchronization with the NTP server
- Disk Roaming
- HDD S.M.A.R.T.
|
| Data Protection and Service |
- ZFS end-to-end data integrity (detects and automatically heals silent data corruption
- Unlimited number of snapshots
- Snapshot scheduling at intervals as short as 10 minutes
- Automatic snapshot copy pruning based on user-configured policy
- Data compression for both shared folders and iSCSI volumes
- Remote Replication via rsync with SSH encryption
- Real-time or scheduled remote data mirroring
- ICAP-based anti-virus support
- WORM(Write Once, Read Many)
|
| Browser Support |
- Internet Explorer
- Firefox
- Google Chrome
|
| File Server |
- Protocols: CIFS/SMB, AFP, NFS, FTP, HTTP/HTTPS
- Client operating system: Windows, Mac OS, Linux
- File/folder management by web browser
|
| FTP Server |
- Max. concurrent connection control
- Max. failed log-in attempt control
|
| Backup Server |
- Apple Time Machine support
- Windows Backup and Recovery support
- Bundled free licenses for FarStone TotalRecovery Pro 7
- 5 licenses per system
- Backup to external storage devices via USB or eSATA connection
- USB one-touch-copy (Import/Export)
- Remote replication
- Rsync with 128-bit SSH encryption
- 3rd-party backup software support
- Acronis Backup & Recovery™/ True Image Home
- Symantec Backup Exec 2012
- EMC Retrospect Backup & Recovery
- CA ARCserve® Backup
|
Looking at the lengthy list of software features and support, some of the highlights that I take away are the ZFS file system and the features it brings to the table over similarly priced NAS solutions from other vendors. This would include Data Deduplication, Corrupt Data Self-Healing, Snapshots, Pool Mirroring, and Data Compression. Additionally, I also noticed the obvious lack of support for services and features typically found on NAS boxes in this segment that are more consumer related (DLNA, media servers, etc…). So here Infortrend is clearly drawing a line in the sand with their EonNAS Pro series, in that it is really targeted for the more Enterprise focused SMB’s and SOHO’s. Therefore, if you’re looking for a NAS device in this similar price range, the first thing you will need to ask yourself is what are your individual needs and see which is a better fit, but comparing the EonNAS to its competitors, there are clear differentiators that will drive your decision one way or another. In other words, you’re not comparing apples to apples, comparing NAS devices that use ZFS and those that still use Linux EXT.
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