---

Software Features

Web-based Graphical User Interface
The powerful and convenient Web-based GUI (Graphical User Interface) of the AV-NAS software makes remote management of the NAS server a simple task. By using a web-browser, the server can be easily managed from anywhere in the network.

Remote Access of Console Tools
The AV-NAS supports remote access of the console tools, enabling the management of the NAS by the console tools from anywhere in the network.

Secured Administration Access
The AV-NAS server can be accessed and configured by the web-based, password-protected GUI over Secured Administration Access (SSL - Secure Socket Layer).

Console Tools
The AV-NAS server can also be managed by using the console tools. For security reasons some advanced and critical administrator tasks like, removing and restoring volumes, checking and repairing the file system, can only be managed from the console. From the console tools, the NAS server can monitor the status of the network, installed drivers and hardware, memory usage and others.

Tuning Tools
This option is for advanced administrators. Tuning tools allows increased AV-NAS server performance. Using this tool you have possibility of enhancing disk, network, filesystem or services settings.

Email Notification
Administrators will be automatically alerted by Email, in the event of a technical failure of the NAS server.

Multiple Management Levels
Administrators can be assigned different rights. The AV-NAS supports three levels: Full Access, Maintenance and Administration.

Update via web
With one click the server can check for new updates. New updates can be downloaded and installed remotely on servers at different locations.

Hardware Monitoring
The AV-NAS software allows user to monitor hardware status using motherboard's sensors, including: temperatures, voltages, fans speeds.

Windows Active Directory / Primary Domain Controller
AV-NAS supports ADS (Active Directory Service), PDC (Primary Domain Controller), LDAP (Lightweight Directory Access Protocol) and ADS & NIS (Network Information Service) User-/Group ID Synchronization to leverage information about users, groups, systems and other resources stored in the Active Directory. The support of Access Control List (ACL) ensures that access rights of users are automatically taken over from the Domain.

External LDAP
AV-NAS supports external LDAP (Lightweight Directory Access Protocol) servers to enable users to configure and administer multiple Open-E NAS-R3 Enterprise servers from one single point (either an AV-NAS server with a LDAP database or any other LDAP server).

Support for Network Information Service (NIS)
The NIS directory service protocol enables the distribution of system configuration data such as user and host names between computers on a computer network. AV-NAS supports NIS for easier and consistent access of information stored on any other AV-NAS server using NIS.

File System With Journaling Support
The support for journaling makes the file system more reliable and allows easier, faster recovery from unexpected shutdowns.

User and Group Quota Control
Users with large disk requirements can be constrained either by assigning them a dedicated share or by restricting their individual usage through individual user quotas or to assign a quota on a group to which the user belongs.

Standard Network Gateway Support
AV-NAS Enterprise can be used in business environments with structured networks and has an optional data access via Intranet or Internet.

DHCP Client
By using the support of Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) the process of assigning IP addresses in a network can be centrally managed and automated.

Log Function
For technical support and troubleshooting purposes, the AV-NAS log file is an efficient instrument in analyzing and solving technical issues.

Superuser Function
The Superuser account has unrestricted access to all the files and volumes. This is especially helpful if a user has left the company and certain directories or files can not been accessed.

Supported Network Clients
AV-NAS supports the file based protocols CIFS (Common Internet File System)/SMB (Server Message Block), NFS (Network File System), FTP (File Transfer Protocol), Secure FTP and Apple Talk enabling Windows, Linux, Unix and MacIntosh clients to share data on the same NAS server.

Hardware and Software RAID
The AV-NAS has an integrated Hardware RAID controller and integrated software RAID 0, 1, 5, 6 providing more flexibility and cost savings while creating NAS storage solutions. By mirroring two hardware RAID arrays, the probability of failure can be reduced. The AV-NAS offers highest flexibility in redundancy, performance, costs and storage volume.

Antivirus (server's shares scanning)
AV-NAS has an integrated Antivirus software tool for scanning shares on viruses at predefined points in time. The Virus Definition Database can be updated and is stored on the NAS device.

Antivirus (online scanning protocol)
The AV-NAS also supports Online Scanning of files transferred via the Enterprise and FTP protocol.

SNMP (v2 & v3)
The AV-NAS supports the SNMP (Simple Network Management Protocol) protocol to monitor e.g. the data throughput, CPU, RAM usage of the NAS storage system.

S.M.A.R.T. Support
The AV-NAS includes S.M.A.R.T.(Self-Monitoring, Analysis and Reporting Technology) for detecting and reporting the status of the HDDs to anticipate on failures.

E-mail notification for S.M.A.R.T.
Due to the S.M.A.R.T. feature, the AV-NAS can be configured to send Email alerts to the system administrator in case of any problem with the hard drive units.

Support for SWAP
Swap is used to store memory areas on hard drives instead of RAM (Random access memory). Operating systems dumps memory area to swap when it was not in use for a long time and there is need to allocate some additional memory.

iSCSI Initatior
The AV-NAS supports an optional hardware iSCSI Initiator and alsohas a software iSCSI Initiator for easily expanding the storage capacity of the NAS system. New units and logical volumes can be added by connecting an iSCSI storage system to the NAS.

Multiple FibreChannel HBA Support
For higher bandwidth, better latency and performance, the AV-NAS version supports Fibre Channel HBA´s (Host Bus Adapter). Fibre Channel is the standard connection type for connecting high speed storage devices, like the AV-NAS, to computers in Storage Area Networks (SAN).

USB Storage Support for Dynamic Disk
USB Units connected to the AV-NAS can be used as a Dynamic Units which can be easily used for Local Backups.

Multiple Network Interface Card (NIC) Support
AV-NAS supports usage of 2 or more network cards to access separate sub-networks. It allows administrators to select services to be enabled on a specified NIC.

Adapter Fault Tolerance (AFT)
Adapter Fault Tolerance assures greater reliability by providing a secondary network adapter which automatically takes over if the primary network adapter fails.

Adaptive Load Balancing (ALB)
Adaptive Load Balancing enhances data throughput by automatically routing data through alternative paths as the application changes.

InfiniBand Support
The AV-NAS supports, besides 10 GbE and FC HBA, Infiniband for more flexibility in high speed network environments.

Proxy settings
With the AV-NAS you can use proxy server for Internet connections.

Multiple CPU Support (32x)
The supports multiple CPUS to concurrently execute the server services. This increases the potential I/O throughput of the disk server and makes it suitable for heavy duty data requirements.

Backup-Agents (Veritas, EMC Dantz, CA BrightStor)
The integrated backup agents help administrators to back up NAS servers with backup software from Veritas, Dantz, CA BrightStor ARCserve. Using the backup agents, you can administer complete data protection for all data stored on the NAS server. This improves data transfer and provides network security, task monitoring, real-time directory browsing, and cross-platform backup support. Other backup software can do the backup and restore over supported file protocols.

Local Backup on Dynamic Units
A local HDD or a USB drive can be defined as a Dynamic Unit. On this Unit you can backup the NAS server and store the backup separately. The Dynamic Unit can be removed without shutting down the server and acts like a normal tape drive.

Cross Data Synchronization
AV-NAS can synchronize files and directories from one NAS server to another. The data transfer is block- based in order to minimize network traffic. Synchronization can be used for disaster recovery or Disk-to-Disk backup purposes. The AV-NAS can synchronize data in both directions: the NAS server can be the source and destination of files at the same time, allowing to cross-backup data on several servers

Synchronization (Destination)
AV-NAS can be a destination for data transfer from another AV-NAS server.

Support for over 2TB physical and logical volumes
With Open-E NAS-R3 Enterprise you will be able to build Logical Volumes greater than 2TB. As well, use physical volumes (e.g. RAID units) greater than 2TB.

Snapshot
Snapshot is an immediate point-in-time image of the logical volume (LV). The snapshot image can be used for both consistent and temporary backup, while users still have uninterrupted and complete access to the LV. Also, if a user accidentally deletes or incorrectly modifies a file, that file can be recovered from a previous snapshot image.

Multiple Snapshot with the scheduling function
The AV-NAS supports Multiple Snapshot with Scheduling to create snapshots at predefined points in time (e.g. Automatically every hour).

Multiple Logical Volume & Groups
Logical volume groups allow storage administrators to create logical storage pools that span multiple physical disk drives. With its support of multiple logical volume groups, AV-NAS makes it easier to meet the changing needs of users and applications while making the maximum use of available physical disk space.

Online Logical Volume Expansion
Online logical volume expansion allows administrators to change the size of storage volumes as needed without having to restart the application, recreate the volume, and back up and restore the data to the volume.

Support for Online Capacity Expansion
This feature supports a RAID controllers capability to increase the size of existing units without removing your data.

UPS Support
Uninterruptible Power Supply (UPS) eliminates the effects of a temporary power outage and provides safe shutdown, without loss of data, in case of power failure. The UPS device can be connected by COM-port or USB to the NAS server.

Network UPS Support
AV-NAS is capable of using the SNMP (Simple Network Management Protocol) interface for communication with other SNMP-enabled servers (e.g., AV-NAS servers) for a smooth server shutdown in case of power failure. The server with UPS sends the power failure signal through the network to other servers (in slave mode) and will shut down all servers in the network.

No individual client or server licenses are required
With AV-NAS, it doesn't matter how many users you have on your network, whether there are 5, 50, 500, or more: You pay the same price for AV-NAS