BlackArmor NAS 440/420 Data Sheet
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...; Four USB 2.0 ports for external drives, printers and UPS • Four internal SATA II ports Network Attached Storage Server Interface 10/100/1000 Ethernet, USB 2.0 Capacities 2TB, 4TB, 6TB, 8TB The Seagate® BlackArmor® NAS 440/420 storage server is right for your business grows, add two more hard drives to the system to entire volume...
...; Four USB 2.0 ports for external drives, printers and UPS • Four internal SATA II ports Network Attached Storage Server Interface 10/100/1000 Ethernet, USB 2.0 Capacities 2TB, 4TB, 6TB, 8TB The Seagate® BlackArmor® NAS 440/420 storage server is right for your business grows, add two more hard drives to the system to entire volume...
BlackArmor NAS 440/420 Data Sheet
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...-mounted USB 2.0 ports allow you can expect nothing less than business-grade. Hardware, software and services are easily removeable without tools. The BlackArmor NAS 440 storage server includes four energy efficient, reliable Seagate hard drives, which are combined to safeguard from power failure. Furthermore, the four drives can also be configured to provide your business...
...-mounted USB 2.0 ports allow you can expect nothing less than business-grade. Hardware, software and services are easily removeable without tools. The BlackArmor NAS 440 storage server includes four energy efficient, reliable Seagate hard drives, which are combined to safeguard from power failure. Furthermore, the four drives can also be configured to provide your business...
BlackArmor NAS 440/420 Data Sheet
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...BlackArmor NAS 440 storage server can also be user-serviceable for easy replacement and upgrades. For more or purchase accessories. The entire line of accessories is designed to view the full portfolio of your PCs to meet your workstation backup strategy. You're in the BlackArmor NAS 400 series.... no special software required. We're Here for all of the BlackArmor NAS products connected to your business, we offer a line of time spent on deployment and maintenance. Seagate® Barracuda® Internal Drive ...
...BlackArmor NAS 440 storage server can also be user-serviceable for easy replacement and upgrades. For more or purchase accessories. The entire line of accessories is designed to view the full portfolio of your PCs to meet your workstation backup strategy. You're in the BlackArmor NAS 400 series.... no special software required. We're Here for all of the BlackArmor NAS products connected to your business, we offer a line of time spent on deployment and maintenance. Seagate® Barracuda® Internal Drive ...
BlackArmor NAS 440/420 Data Sheet
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... capacity. Quantitative usage examples for various applications are need for RAID 5 and four drives are for RAID 10. BlackArmor Backup Software for system updates and web access) • BlackArmor NAS 400 series storage server • Four Seagate drives (NAS 440), two Seagate drives (NAS 420) • 2M - Three drives are need for illustrative purposes. Software Requirements System Requirements Inside the Box...
... capacity. Quantitative usage examples for various applications are need for RAID 5 and four drives are for RAID 10. BlackArmor Backup Software for system updates and web access) • BlackArmor NAS 400 series storage server • Four Seagate drives (NAS 440), two Seagate drives (NAS 420) • 2M - Three drives are need for illustrative purposes. Software Requirements System Requirements Inside the Box...
Quick Start Guide
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... online Help For more about currently displayed information. By default, your network get started storing, sharing, and protecting your BlackArmor Network Attached Storage (NAS) server Quick Start Guide. Seagate BlackArmor NAS Server 2. b. The installation wizard opens automatically. Seagate Technology LLC 920 Disc Drive Scotts Valley CA 95066 U.S.A. For more information, see "Next Steps for Users" in settings or status...
... online Help For more about currently displayed information. By default, your network get started storing, sharing, and protecting your BlackArmor Network Attached Storage (NAS) server Quick Start Guide. Seagate BlackArmor NAS Server 2. b. The installation wizard opens automatically. Seagate Technology LLC 920 Disc Drive Scotts Valley CA 95066 U.S.A. For more information, see "Next Steps for Users" in settings or status...
User Guide
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Getting the Most from Your BlackArmor® Server 27 Introduction 27 Your Role as a Media Server 38 Monitoring Your BlackArmor Server 39 Monitoring Status with the Server's LCD Screen 39 Monitoring Status with Shares 33 Setting Storage Space Limits for BlackArmor Users 34 Setting Grace Time for BlackArmor® Users 47 Introduction 47 BlackArmor® NAS 440/420 User Guide (Version 3) 4 Tips...
Getting the Most from Your BlackArmor® Server 27 Introduction 27 Your Role as a Media Server 38 Monitoring Your BlackArmor Server 39 Monitoring Status with the Server's LCD Screen 39 Monitoring Status with Shares 33 Setting Storage Space Limits for BlackArmor Users 34 Setting Grace Time for BlackArmor® Users 47 Introduction 47 BlackArmor® NAS 440/420 User Guide (Version 3) 4 Tips...
User Guide
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... Files from the BlackArmor server 54 A volume is in degraded mode 54 Removing and Replacing a Disk Drive 55 WARNING: ESD Precautions 55 Removing a Hard Drive 55 Replacing a Hard Drive 57 7. Technical Specifications 59 8. Glossary 61 BlackArmor® NAS 440/420 User Guide (Version 3) 5 Contents Understanding Your BlackArmor User Account 47 Access Limitations 47 Storage Space Limitations...
... Files from the BlackArmor server 54 A volume is in degraded mode 54 Removing and Replacing a Disk Drive 55 WARNING: ESD Precautions 55 Removing a Hard Drive 55 Replacing a Hard Drive 57 7. Technical Specifications 59 8. Glossary 61 BlackArmor® NAS 440/420 User Guide (Version 3) 5 Contents Understanding Your BlackArmor User Account 47 Access Limitations 47 Storage Space Limitations...
User Guide
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...; Share a USB printer with iTunes installed. What You Can Do With the BlackArmor Server What You Can Do With the BlackArmor Server In general, you can use your BlackArmor server to: • Create a central storage place for the files you want to share with other people on your local ... • Set up and modify folders (or shares) • Update the server's firmware • Replace a failed disk drive BlackArmor® NAS 440/420 User Guide (Version 3) 12 The Difference Between a BlackArmor Administrator and User In addition to in this guide as the unintentional deletion of ...
...; Share a USB printer with iTunes installed. What You Can Do With the BlackArmor Server What You Can Do With the BlackArmor Server In general, you can use your BlackArmor server to: • Create a central storage place for the files you want to share with other people on your local ... • Set up and modify folders (or shares) • Update the server's firmware • Replace a failed disk drive BlackArmor® NAS 440/420 User Guide (Version 3) 12 The Difference Between a BlackArmor Administrator and User In addition to in this guide as the unintentional deletion of ...
User Guide
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...check box for more than one administrator account only. Creating User Accounts Your BlackArmor server comes with people on page 34 for instance, all user accounts. (See Creating User Accounts to support (see page 34). 6. BlackArmor® NAS 440/420 User Guide (Version 3) 19 To make the share easy to ...step is more information. 11. Click the Add icon. You can protect files on the server, give it a name that's descriptive and easy to this service. 9. Click Submit. In the menu bar, select Storage, click Shares, then click the Add icon. 2. Select the volume in which you ...
...check box for more than one administrator account only. Creating User Accounts Your BlackArmor server comes with people on page 34 for instance, all user accounts. (See Creating User Accounts to support (see page 34). 6. BlackArmor® NAS 440/420 User Guide (Version 3) 19 To make the share easy to ...step is more information. 11. Click the Add icon. You can protect files on the server, give it a name that's descriptive and easy to this service. 9. Click Submit. In the menu bar, select Storage, click Shares, then click the Add icon. 2. Select the volume in which you ...
User Guide
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... backup software program. 3. Getting Started as a BlackArmor User The remainder of this guide introduces the server's features and provides some recommendations to help you create a storage system that meets your new BlackArmor server. Note: Don't forget that you have this ... that you are also a BlackArmor user. Select your needs. BlackArmor® NAS 440/420 User Guide (Version 3) 24 Install both BlackArmor Discovery and BlackArmor Backup unless you are already using BlackArmor Discovery. • (Windows) Double-click the BlackArmor Discovery icon on your network and...
... backup software program. 3. Getting Started as a BlackArmor User The remainder of this guide introduces the server's features and provides some recommendations to help you create a storage system that meets your new BlackArmor server. Note: Don't forget that you have this ... that you are also a BlackArmor user. Select your needs. BlackArmor® NAS 440/420 User Guide (Version 3) 24 Install both BlackArmor Discovery and BlackArmor Backup unless you are already using BlackArmor Discovery. • (Windows) Double-click the BlackArmor Discovery icon on your network and...
User Guide
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... Your BlackArmor® Server • Introduction • Your Role as a BlackArmor Administrator • Your BlackArmor Server's Default Settings • Managing BlackArmor Volumes, Shares and Storage • Managing BlackArmor Users • Protecting Your BlackArmor Files with Network Backups • Setting up Aggregation Failover • Setting Your BlackArmor Server as a Media Server • Monitoring Your BlackArmor Server • Changing the BlackArmor Server's Advanced Settings • Maintaining Your BlackArmor Server Introduction...
... Your BlackArmor® Server • Introduction • Your Role as a BlackArmor Administrator • Your BlackArmor Server's Default Settings • Managing BlackArmor Volumes, Shares and Storage • Managing BlackArmor Users • Protecting Your BlackArmor Files with Network Backups • Setting up Aggregation Failover • Setting Your BlackArmor Server as a Media Server • Monitoring Your BlackArmor Server • Changing the BlackArmor Server's Advanced Settings • Maintaining Your BlackArmor Server Introduction...
User Guide
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BlackArmor® NAS 440/420 User Guide (Version 3) 28 The remainder of this chapter describes your BlackArmor server's default settings, then describes how to change them and use (see page 42). • Connect your BlackArmor server to a UPS, which will provide enough power for individuals ...Role as a BlackArmor Administrator Your Role as a media server, so that fits your BlackArmor server running smoothly by updating its disk drives (see page 44). Your role as a BlackArmor administrator is to: • Manage the storage space available on your BlackArmor server by creating and...
BlackArmor® NAS 440/420 User Guide (Version 3) 28 The remainder of this chapter describes your BlackArmor server's default settings, then describes how to change them and use (see page 42). • Connect your BlackArmor server to a UPS, which will provide enough power for individuals ...Role as a BlackArmor Administrator Your Role as a media server, so that fits your BlackArmor server running smoothly by updating its disk drives (see page 44). Your role as a BlackArmor administrator is to: • Manage the storage space available on your BlackArmor server by creating and...
User Guide
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...of assigning IP addresses automatically to all the systems on your BlackArmor server. RAID 5 stands for Redundant Array of Independent Disks level 5, and is a technology that builds redundancy into your storage system to change the administrator password during the initial setup (...password during the initial server setup. Additionally, Seagate recommends that only users familiar and comfortable with RAID technology make changes to change the administrator password by selecting Admin Password from disk drive failures and other catastrophes. BlackArmor® NAS 440/420 User Guide...
...of assigning IP addresses automatically to all the systems on your BlackArmor server. RAID 5 stands for Redundant Array of Independent Disks level 5, and is a technology that builds redundancy into your storage system to change the administrator password during the initial setup (...password during the initial server setup. Additionally, Seagate recommends that only users familiar and comfortable with RAID technology make changes to change the administrator password by selecting Admin Password from disk drive failures and other catastrophes. BlackArmor® NAS 440/420 User Guide...
User Guide
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... of only part of information: • Volume A: Business Files • Volume B: Backup File Storage BlackArmor® NAS 440/420 User Guide (Version 3) 30 Managing BlackArmor Volumes, Shares and Storage You may need to use the default user name and password again in the world, or share your... can use BlackArmor Manager to divide the total storage space into a media server for typical use, so that you can get started storing, sharing, and protecting your local network, as well as a media server. The default volume and shares are created within volumes. Enable Seagate Global Access ...
... of only part of information: • Volume A: Business Files • Volume B: Backup File Storage BlackArmor® NAS 440/420 User Guide (Version 3) 30 Managing BlackArmor Volumes, Shares and Storage You may need to use the default user name and password again in the world, or share your... can use BlackArmor Manager to divide the total storage space into a media server for typical use, so that you can get started storing, sharing, and protecting your local network, as well as a media server. The default volume and shares are created within volumes. Enable Seagate Global Access ...
User Guide
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... to reconstruct your files if one volume that builds redundancy into one of disk drives they support. BlackArmor® NAS 440/420 User Guide (Version 3) 31 Managing BlackArmor Volumes, Shares and Storage • Volume C: Media Files You could then create one or more folders (shares) in each... to help keep your data safe from disk drive failures and other catastrophes. By default, your BlackArmor server is preconfigured with Volumes By default, the available storage space in your BlackArmor server is data that's used to the amount of protection they provide (and how they provide it ...
... to reconstruct your files if one volume that builds redundancy into one of disk drives they support. BlackArmor® NAS 440/420 User Guide (Version 3) 31 Managing BlackArmor Volumes, Shares and Storage • Volume C: Media Files You could then create one or more folders (shares) in each... to help keep your data safe from disk drive failures and other catastrophes. By default, your BlackArmor server is preconfigured with Volumes By default, the available storage space in your BlackArmor server is data that's used to the amount of protection they provide (and how they provide it ...
User Guide
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...server, not protected by your BlackArmor server. Provides data protection. In volumes with RAID 5, parity data is striped evenly across the disk drives in the Storage menu. Data in a volume with RAID 10 is both striped and mirrored. Creating New Volumes As a BlackArmor...BlackArmor Manager (see the online Help. For more volumes using BlackArmor Manager. Volumes are in equal-sized sections. A striped volume does not maintain redundant data, and so offers no data protection. Seagate recommends that 's used to the server...). BlackArmor® NAS 440/420 User Guide...
...server, not protected by your BlackArmor server. Provides data protection. In volumes with RAID 5, parity data is striped evenly across the disk drives in the Storage menu. Data in a volume with RAID 10 is both striped and mirrored. Creating New Volumes As a BlackArmor...BlackArmor Manager (see the online Help. For more volumes using BlackArmor Manager. Volumes are in equal-sized sections. A striped volume does not maintain redundant data, and so offers no data protection. Seagate recommends that 's used to the server...). BlackArmor® NAS 440/420 User Guide...
User Guide
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...of the share can be either public (open BlackArmor Manager (see page 17). Managing BlackArmor Volumes, Shares and Storage Working with Shares Shares on the share, and download any files from your BlackArmor server. Read-only access means that a BlackArmor user can view files on the share, ...private (restricted to selected user accounts). Private shares are in the Access menu. BlackArmor® NAS 440/420 User Guide (Version 3) 33 To create a private share, open to read-only access. As a BlackArmor administrator, you can create, modify, or delete shares at a time, each...
...of the share can be either public (open BlackArmor Manager (see page 17). Managing BlackArmor Volumes, Shares and Storage Working with Shares Shares on the share, and download any files from your BlackArmor server. Read-only access means that a BlackArmor user can view files on the share, ...private (restricted to selected user accounts). Private shares are in the Access menu. BlackArmor® NAS 440/420 User Guide (Version 3) 33 To create a private share, open to read-only access. As a BlackArmor administrator, you can create, modify, or delete shares at a time, each...
User Guide
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...online Help. For instance, downloaded music files would automatically be removed by enabling the BlackArmor Manager Recycle Bin. Setting Storage Space Limits for BlackArmor Users By default, your BlackArmor server and other computers. • NFS (Network File System)-Provides file sharing with ... storage space limits for the purpose of Shares These features are set storage space limits on any user account or share. However, as required for BlackArmor users, open BlackArmor Manager (see page 17). Storage space limits are available on any share. BlackArmor® NAS...
...online Help. For instance, downloaded music files would automatically be removed by enabling the BlackArmor Manager Recycle Bin. Setting Storage Space Limits for BlackArmor Users By default, your BlackArmor server and other computers. • NFS (Network File System)-Provides file sharing with ... storage space limits for the purpose of Shares These features are set storage space limits on any user account or share. However, as required for BlackArmor users, open BlackArmor Manager (see page 17). Storage space limits are available on any share. BlackArmor® NAS...
User Guide
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...BlackArmor® NAS 440/420 User Guide (Version 3) 35 Once the grace date is reached, no additional files can limit Web downloads to evenings, weekends, or other slow times in a queue, and jobs take place so that the server isn't overwhelmed. You can be used. Managing BlackArmor Volumes, Shares and Storage... grace time limit is set the grace time for your BlackArmor server is made available. The Downloader places Web download jobs in the week. Consider how much bandwidth your BlackArmor server has and how much of storage space to be added until space is busy with other ...
...BlackArmor® NAS 440/420 User Guide (Version 3) 35 Once the grace date is reached, no additional files can limit Web downloads to evenings, weekends, or other slow times in a queue, and jobs take place so that the server isn't overwhelmed. You can be used. Managing BlackArmor Volumes, Shares and Storage... grace time limit is set the grace time for your BlackArmor server is made available. The Downloader places Web download jobs in the week. Consider how much bandwidth your BlackArmor server has and how much of storage space to be added until space is busy with other ...
User Guide
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... to set up NAS to NAS backup, where a permanent link is located in a different building or part of the city (or country) than your BlackArmor server take place. In the menu bar, select Storage, then click Backup Manager. 3. Protecting Your BlackArmor Files with Network Backups Protecting Your BlackArmor Files with Network Backups Your BlackArmor server has two LAN ports...
... to set up NAS to NAS backup, where a permanent link is located in a different building or part of the city (or country) than your BlackArmor server take place. In the menu bar, select Storage, then click Backup Manager. 3. Protecting Your BlackArmor Files with Network Backups Protecting Your BlackArmor Files with Network Backups Your BlackArmor server has two LAN ports...