Linksys Business Series NSS devices are ideal for storing, backing up, sharing and archiving critical company or customer documents, large high-definition video or animation files, multimedia presentation files, surveillance video, and more on an on-going basis. The feature set of the rack-mountable Linksys NSS series set it apart from entry-level, desktop NAS systems. At the same time, its competitive pricing gives small businesses the opportunity to realize substantial cost savings when compared with more expensive and inflexible server arrays.

With a Linksys NSS product there’s no need to purchase third-party OS software upgrades, third-party OS software licenses, or accessories to run NSS units. This flexible architecture makes the Linksys Business Series NSS series ideally suited for budget-conscious companies that are constantly evolving or growing.

Small businesses, instead of purchasing very expensive pre-configured and inflexible storage systems now have the option to purchase cost-saving Linksys NSS products and apply their savings toward the purchase of other feature-rich Linksys Small Business products – IP Voice Systems (LVS or Linksys One), Managed Gigabit Switches, Gigabit Routers, Wireless-N routers, Access Points and more. In fact, an entire small business network could be built for their company for what they might have spent just for a storage system.

And Linksys NSS products are Linksys One Ready. That means they include the necessary firmware to be integrated into a Linksys One data or data/voice network. Once connected to a Linksys One switch, a Linksys One Service Router will discover the NSS device and make it available to other users on the network.

Here’s a list of the features that these new, innovative Network Storage Systems include:

• Linksys One Integration/Upgradeability
• Lowest Cost/Highest Feature Set Product in its Class
• Configuration – With or Without Populated Disk Drive Bays
• Return on Investment through Lower Operations Costs
• Mix-and-Match-Pay as You Expand Your Network
• Linux OS Embedded Architecture for Lower Sustaining Cost of Owners

• 4 Hot-Swappable SATA Hard Drive Bays
• Support for RAID 0,1,1+Spare, 5, 5+Spare 10, and JBOD Configurations
• RAID Hot Spares
• RAID Degraded Mode Management
• Graceful Handling of RAID Failure
• Configurable RAID Rebuild Priority
• Flexible Volume Manager with Volume Grow
• Per User/Group Hard and Soft Volume Quotas
• S.M.A.R.T. Hard Drive Health Monitoring and Reporting
• Robust, High-Performance Journalled File system with Power-Down Reliability
• Idle Drive Spin-Down
• Staggered Drive Spin-Up
• RAID Set Migration Between Systems with Drive Order Independence
• Volume Encryption (256-bit AES)
• Network-based Storage Aggregation

• Dual Gigabit Ethernet interfaces
• Active Backup Link Bonding
• Jumbo Frame Support (up to 9000 byte/9k MTU)
• Ethernet Cable Diagnostics
• Auto MDI/MDIX Crossover
• DHCP IP Assignment with AutoIP Link Local IP fallback
• Optional DHCP Auto-Configuration of Hostname, DNS, WINS, MTU and NTP Settings
• 802.1q VLAN support (both port/MAC based VLANs and VLAN trunking) for integration into existing data networks
• 802.1p QoS
• Configurable Service Port Settings
• Configurable Network Access Filtering (IP and MAC based)
• AES, DES and 3DES SSL Cipher Support
• Automatic Time Synchronization via NTP
• Network-based ACLs (based on MAC or IP address)

• SMB/CIFS Filesharing Supporting PC/Mac Clients
• NFS Filesharing Supporting Linux/Unix Clients (NFSv3)
• FTP Filesharing
• Multi-Protocol Shares
• Unified File Locking
• File ACLs (modifiable from Windows client)
• Anonymous FTP Share
• FTPS (Explicit FTP over SSL and FTP over TLS)
• Per User Home Shares
• Ability to act as Microsoft Distributed File System (MSDFS) Root (including support for multiple roots)
• Per User/Group Share Access Control
• Public Shares
• Configurable Idle User Disconnect (CIFS and FTP)

• Microsoft Windows NTv4 domain support
• Microsoft Active Directory Service (ADS) Domain Support
• NIS Domain Support
• Allows Simultaneous Use by Local and Domain Users
• UID/GID Range Management to Prevent Mapping Conflicts

• Local and Remote (to another NSS or any Windows fileserver) Share Backup
• Flexible Backup Scheduler
• Full and Incremental Backups
• Backup Image Compression (gzip)
• Volume Snapshots
• Ability to Back Up from Snapshot (to ensure backup image consistency)

• Browser-based GUI Management & Firmware Upgrade
• Secure Remote Management (via HTTPS)
• Configuration Backup and Restore (including volume encryption headers)
• Ability to Save Configuration Backup to USB Flash Drive (enabling configuration migration)
• Button Triggered Network Settings Restore
• Browser-based Firmware Update for OS-independent Upgrade
• Firmware Update Configuration Migration Preserves Settings
• At-a-glance System Status Summary
• Comprehensive Context-sensitive Online Help
• Linksys One Ready (Service Provider-hosted Window-in-Window Web Portal)
• Comprehensive Logging (administration history, GUI access, CIFS transfer and FTP transfer logs)
• Remote Logging (syslog)
• Summary System Alerts with Severity Indication on GUI Main Status Page
• Configurable SNMP Traps on System Events
• Reliability
• Dual Firmware Images
• Hardware Watchdog (automatically reboots system in the unlikely event of a system crash minimizing downtime)

• Bonjour Advertisement (Linksys One Ready)
• UPnP Advertisement
• Device Auto-discovery Tool

• Intelligent Power Management with Integrated UPS Support
• Redundant Power Supply Unit (RPSU) support (via optional Linksys RPS1000)
• Onboard Power Supply Monitor
• Power Down Reliability

• System Voltage Monitoring
• System Temperature Monitoring (chassis and hard drives)
• Fan Speed Monitoring
• System Alerts (on Abnormal Voltage, Over/Under Temperature and Fan Stall Events)
• Automatic Temperature Sensitive Fan Control for Quiet Operation

• Power LED (bi-color indicating system startup/shutdown and firmware upgrade status)
• Per-drive Configuration and Activity LED
• Per-drive Error LED (indicating predicted failure and actual failure)
• Per-drive Locate LED
• Per-link LAN Link/Activity LED with 10/100/Gigabit Speed Indication
• USB Flash Drive Status Indicator LED
• UPS Status Indicator LED
• System Error LED (bi-color indicating warnings and serious errors)

Instant Installation and Hot Swapping
Each Linksys Network Storage Systems device utilizes an internal flash memory based disk system, to simplify setup and configuration. Because the Linux OS resides in the intelligent chassis of each Linksys NSS product, the system can be booted and configured without drives installed and without the need for complicated CD- or DVD-based installation. This architecture allows for hot swapping of single drives in the RAID set within the chassis without disruption or loss of system configuration settings.

Numerous Configuration Options for Growing Companies

Linksys Approved Vendor List For Network Storage Systems
The list of approved hard drive vendors below are the only drives recommended by Linksys for use in the NSS4000 and NSS6000 storage chassis systems. Use of unsupported drives could result in unpredictable system behavior and could result in data loss. Please consult the user guide and product warranty for additional information.

Better Return on Investment through Lower Operation Costs
Linksys NSS products also include time-saving and energy-saving features like Microsoft Active Directory Integration, hot-swappable drives, hot-spare drives, and much lower power consumption requirements than more expensive, feature-comparable NAS products from other brands. These operating cost savings deliver a much quicker return on investment for budget-conscious companies.

Mix-and-Match-Pay As A Network Expands
Adding another NSS product to act as a mirror array to an existing NSS device is as simple as connecting it to the network. Each NSS device includes two Gigabit Ethernet ports for connectivity to a Gigabit Switch or to stack to another NSS device. As a result, expanding the capacity or providing for greater data integrity and redundancy is as simple as adding more NSS arrays. The flexible architecture of the NSS series is especially suited for budget-conscious companies that are constantly growing and evolving and who would prefer a network attached storage system that can grow and evolve with them.

Linux OS Embedded Architecture for Lower Sustaining Cost of Ownership
Unlike other NAS systems, that need to contain operating system software on one or more hard drives, each Linksys NSS product features a unique and intelligent chassis that contains the Linux OS that controls the system. With a Linksys NSS product there’s no need to purchase entirely new and pre-configured NAS systems, drives, third-party OS software upgrades, third-party licenses, third-party license renewals, or accessories to operate it.