CX-5000NAS
The Total Network Storage Solution
The CX-5000NAS is certified for VMware® vSphere4 (ESX 4.0 and above) and Citrix® XenServer virtualization platforms. It is also compliant with Windows 2008 Failover Cluster. Compared with traditional SAN (Storage Area Network), the CX-5000NAS is the most cost-efficient solution with much lower setup and maintenance costs. The CX-5000NAS houses up to five 2.5-inch or 3.5-inch SATA hard disk drives. It incorporates the Intel® Atom™ 1.8GHz dual core processor with 1GB memory, and is capable of delivering high-performance, reliable, low-power data transfers. Incredibly powerful and efficient hardware at a fraction of the cost.With the CX-5000NAS, you can:
- Leverage all the benefits of virtualization technologies
- Increase the flexibility of the virtualization environment
- Improve data management continuity
- Integrate with VMware vSphere, Microsoft Hyper-V or Citrix XenServer
- Lower your overall IT costs, increase efficiency, while making your business more environmentally friendly.
- Expand capability with Ciphertex Hardware Encrypted RAID system
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- Optional AES 256-bit Hardware Encrypted expansion capability
- iSCSI storage for server clustering and virtualized environments
- Built-in iSCSI initiator for stackable capacity expansion
- Powerful all-in-one business-class server
- Five-bay, hot swappable drives
- Single disk, JBOD, RAID 0, 1, and 5
- Dual Gigabit LAN: Failover, load balancing, and multiple IP settings
- Online RAID capacity expansion and level migration
- AES 256-bit volume-based data encryption
- Complete backup solution including cloud-based (Internet) and Apple Time Machine backup
- Touch-N-Go PC-less installation via front panel
Feature-rich and Integrated Applications for Business
The CX-5000NAS supports file sharing across Windows, Mac, Linux, and UNIX platforms. Versatile business applications such as file server, FTP server, printer server, web server, and Windows AD (Active Directory) support are provided. The dominant features, such as WebDAV, Share Folder Aggregation (also known as DFS), IPv6 and IPv4 dual-stack, Wake on LAN, schedule power on/ off, HDD S.M.A.R.T, comprehensive log systems, and policy-based unauthorized IP blocking are all included.
New iSCSI for Virtualization Deployments
The CX-5000NAS provides flexible and secure storage server deployment with the following enhanced iSCSI features:
- NAS + iSCSI storage solution
- Flexible multiple LUNs management
- Secure IP SAN environment deployment
- Designed for virtualized and clustered environments
| Size + Weight | Height w Handle: 9 inches (229 mm) | |||||||||||||||||
| Width: 8.29 inches (210.6 mm) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Depth: 9.27 inches (235.4 mm) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Net Weight: 11.24 lbs (5.1 kg) Gross weight: 14.33 lbs (6.5 kg) | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Highlights | 5 x 3.5”/2.5” HDD HDD Tray 5 x Hot-swappable and lockable tray Performance RAID processor: Intel® Atom™ 1.8 Ghz Dual Core Processor DRAM: 1GB RAM Flash Memory: 512MB DOM |
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| External Interfaces | eSATA x 2 (Back) Ethernet TCP/IP (RJ-45) x 2 (Back) USB 2.0 x 5 (Front: 1, Back: 4) Support USB printer, pen drive, USB hub, and USB UPS etc. |
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| Minimum System Requirements | Compatible with any operating system supporting SATA devices LED Indicators Status, LAN, USB, eSATA, Power, HDD 1, HDD 2, HDD 3, HDD 4, HDD 5 Buttons System: Power button, USB One-Touch-Backup Button, Reset button LCD Panel Mono-LCD display with backlight Enter button, Select button for configuration Alarm Buzzer System warning Form Factor Tower |
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| Sound Level | Sound Level (dB) w/o HDD installed: 34.3 dB Stand by: 34.3 dB In operation: 35.0 dB (with 5 x 500GB HDD installed) | |||||||||||||||||
| Power + Operating Requirements | Input: 100-240V AC. 50/60 Hz Output: 250W Operating temperature: 0° to 40° C Relative humidity: 0% to 95% Power Consumption Sleep mode: 22W In Operation: 44W Power-off (in WOL mode): 1W (with 500GB HDD installed) |
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| Secure Design | K-lock security slot for theft prevention | |||||||||||||||||
| VGA Reserved | VGA interface for maintenance | |||||||||||||||||
| Fan | 1 x quiet cooling fan (12 cm, 12V DC) | |||||||||||||||||
| Compliance | FCC, CE | |||||||||||||||||
| Warranty | 1-year limited warranty 1-year free telephone technical support | |||||||||||||||||
| In the Box | CX-5000NAS CD-ROM Ethernet Cable x 2 Quick Installation Guide Power Cord Flat Head Screws x 32 Hard Disk Lock |
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Operating System
• Embedded Linux
Supported Client Operating System
• Microsoft Windows 2000, XP, Vista (32/ 64 bit), Windows 7 (32/ 64 bit), Server 2003/ 2008
• Apple Mac OS X
• Linux & Unix
Supported Web Browsers
• Internet Explorer 7 & 8 or later
• Firefox 3 or later
• Safari 3 & 4 or later
• Google Chrome
Multilingual Support
• English, French, Spanish.
File System
• Internal HDD: EXT3, EXT4
• External HDD: EXT3, EXT4, NTFS, FAT32, HFS+
Networking
• TCP/IP (IPv4 & IPv6: Dual Stack)
• Dual Gigabit LAN with Jumbo Frame
• Multi-IP Setting, Port Trunking/ NIC Teaming (Modes: Balance-rr, Active Backup, Balance XOR, Broadcast, IEEE 802.3ad/ Link Aggregation, Balance-tld and Balance-ltd.)
• DHCP Client, DHCP Server
• Protocols: CIFS/SMB, AFP (3.2), NFS (v3), FTP, HTTP, HTTPS, Telnet, SSH, iSCSI and SNMP.
• Network Service Discovery (UPnP, Bonjour)
Network File Sharing
• CIFS/SMB (Plus DFS Support)
• AFP
• NFS (v3)
• FTP
• WebDAV
Backup Solution
• NovaStor Backup Software
• USB One Touch Backup (Import/Export)
• Apple Time Machine Support with Backup Management
• Block-level Remote Replication
o Work as Both Rsync Server & Client
o Supports Encrypted Replication between NAS Servers
• Back up to External Storage Device
• Back up to Cloud Storage (Amazon S3)
Security
• IP Filter
• Network Access Protection with Auto-blocking
• HTTPS Connection
• FTP with SSL/TLS (Explicit)
• Supports SFTP (admin only)
• AES 256-bit Volume-based Encryption
• Encrypted Remote Replication (Rysnc over SSH)
• Importable SSL Certificate
• Instant Alert via Email, SMS, and LCD
Disk Management
• Single Disk, JBOD, RAID 0 / 1 / 5 / 5+Hot Spare / 6 / 6+ Hot Spare
• Online RAID Capacity Expansion
• Online RAID Level Migration
• HDD S.M.A.R.T
• Bad Block Scan
• AES 256-bit Volume-based Encryption
• RAID Recovery
• Bitmap Support
• Supports ISO Mount
iSCSI
• iSCSI Target
- Multi-LUNs per Target
- Up to 256 LUNs
- Supports LUN Mapping
- Supports LUN Masking
- Supports SPC-3 Persistent Reservation
- Supports MPIO & MC/S
• Virtual Disk Drive (via iSCSI Initiator)
- Stack Chaining Master
- Max. Virtual Disk Drives: 8 Server Virtualization & Clustering
• Supports VMware vSphere (ESX/ESXi 4.0 and above)
• Supports Citrix XenServer (5.0/ 5.5)
• Supports Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V & Failover Clustering
Power Management
• Wake on LAN
• Scheduled Power on/off (Max 15 settings)
• Automatic Power on after Power Recovery
Access Right Management
• Max User Accounts: 4,096
• Max Groups: 512
• Max. Share Folder: 512
• Batch Creating Users
• Import User List
• User Quota Management
Windows AD Support
• Domain Users Login via CIFS/SMB, AFP, FTP and Web File Manager
• Supports NTLMv2 Authentication
Web Administration
• AJAX-based User Interface
• HTTP/HTTPS Connections
• Alert Notification (Email & SMS)
• Smart Fan Control
• DDNS
• SNMP (v2 & v3)
• UPS Support with SNMP Management (USB)
• Supports Network UPS
• Resource Monitor
• Network Recycle Bin for CIFS/SMB and AFP
• Comprehensive Logs (Events & Connection)
• Real-time Online User List
• Syslog Client
• Firmware Update
• Backup and Restore System Settings
• Restore to Factory Default
Applications
• Web File Manager
• Multimedia Station
• Download Station
• Surveillance Station
• iTunes Server
• UPnP Media Server
• Apache Web Server
• MySQL Server
Powerful All-in-one server
File Server
• File Sharing Across Windows, Mac OS and Linux/ Unix Platforms
• Protocols: CIFS/SMB, AFP(3.2), NFS, FTP, HTTP, HTTPS
• CIPHERTEX Web File Manager
FTP Server
• FTP over SSL/TLS (Explicit)
• Max Concurrent Connections: 256
• FXP Supported
• Passive FTP Port Range Control
• FTP Bandwidth & Connection Control
• Unicode Support
Web Server
• HTTP/ HTTPS Connections
• Supports WebDAV Connection
• Support Virtual Host
• Importable SSL Certificate
Database Server
• Built-in MySQL Server
• Web-based Management via phpMyAdmin
Backup Server
• Remote Replication Server (over Rsync)
• Apple Time Machine Support
• CIPHERTEX Client Backup Application-NetBak Replicator
• 3rd Party Backup Software Support: Acronis True Image, CA Brightstor, ARCserve Backup, EMC Retrospect, Symantec Backup Exec
iTunes Server
• Audio and Video Sharing
• Smart Playlist for iTunes Client (Windows & Mac OS)
UPnP Media Server
• Built-in TwonkyMedia Server (DLNA 1.5 Certified)
• Real-time & Background Photo Transcoding
• Supports UPnP/ DLNA Media Player
- Game Console: PlayStation 3, PSP and Xbox 360
- Digital Media Adapter/ Player
- Mobile Device (e.g. iPhone/ iPod Touch with UPnP/ DLNA
Applications
• Supported Formats:
- Music - MP3, MP4, M4A, M4B, 3GP, APL, AC3, M1V, M4V, MOV, AAC, AMR, AWB, WAV, PCM, LPCM, MP1, MP2, AIF, AIFF, AIFC, SND, WMA, OGG, FLAC
• Photo - JPG, JPE, JPEG, TIFF, TIF, GIF, PNG, BMP
- Video - WMV, ASF, VDR, AVI, XVID, DIVX, FLV, MPG, MPE, MTS, M2TS, M2T, MPEG, SPTS, M2P, M2V, MP2T, MP2P, MPG2, DVR-MS, VOB
Printer Server
• Network Printer Sharing (USB)
• Max Printers: 3
Multimedia Station
• Supports Photo, Audio and Video
• Image Slide Show and Rotation
• Automatic & Schedule Thumbnail Generation for Easy Browsing
• Display Photo Details from EXIF: Date, Exposure Time, Aperture, etc.
• Display Audio Details from ID3 Tag: Album Cover, Title, Artist, Album, etc.
• Access Authority Management
• Multimedia (Video & Audio) Streaming
• Supports Cooliris
• Supports Web Publishing (Facebook, MySpace, MSN Live, Twitter, Plurk, Blogger)
• Supports E-mail Publishing
• Supported Formats:
• Photo - JPG/JPEG, GIF, PNG
• Audio - MP3
• Video
• Playback: FLV, MPEG-4 Video (H.264 + AAC)
• Transcode: AVI, M4V, MPG/MPEG, RM/RMVB, WMV
Download Station
• PC-less BitTorrent/ FTP/ HTTP Download (up to 500 tasks)
• BitTorrent Download
- Supports TCP/ UDP Tracker Protocol
- Schedule Download
- Configurable Port Range
- Bandwidth Control
- UPnP NAT Port Forwarding
• HTTP/ FTP Download
- Configurable Saving Directory
- Bulk Download with Wildcard Setting
- RapidShare Download Support
Surveillance Station
• Supports 4 IP Cameras (Optional Purchase) for Network Surveillance
• Embedded Linux
Supported Client Operating System
• Microsoft Windows 2000, XP, Vista (32/ 64 bit), Windows 7 (32/ 64 bit), Server 2003/ 2008
• Apple Mac OS X
• Linux & Unix
Supported Web Browsers
• Internet Explorer 7 & 8 or later
• Firefox 3 or later
• Safari 3 & 4 or later
• Google Chrome
Multilingual Support
• English, French, Spanish.
File System
• Internal HDD: EXT3, EXT4
• External HDD: EXT3, EXT4, NTFS, FAT32, HFS+
Networking
• TCP/IP (IPv4 & IPv6: Dual Stack)
• Dual Gigabit LAN with Jumbo Frame
• Multi-IP Setting, Port Trunking/ NIC Teaming (Modes: Balance-rr, Active Backup, Balance XOR, Broadcast, IEEE 802.3ad/ Link Aggregation, Balance-tld and Balance-ltd.)
• DHCP Client, DHCP Server
• Protocols: CIFS/SMB, AFP (3.2), NFS (v3), FTP, HTTP, HTTPS, Telnet, SSH, iSCSI and SNMP.
• Network Service Discovery (UPnP, Bonjour)
Network File Sharing
• CIFS/SMB (Plus DFS Support)
• AFP
• NFS (v3)
• FTP
• WebDAV
Backup Solution
• NovaStor Backup Software
• USB One Touch Backup (Import/Export)
• Apple Time Machine Support with Backup Management
• Block-level Remote Replication
o Work as Both Rsync Server & Client
o Supports Encrypted Replication between NAS Servers
• Back up to External Storage Device
• Back up to Cloud Storage (Amazon S3)
Security
• IP Filter
• Network Access Protection with Auto-blocking
• HTTPS Connection
• FTP with SSL/TLS (Explicit)
• Supports SFTP (admin only)
• AES 256-bit Volume-based Encryption
• Encrypted Remote Replication (Rysnc over SSH)
• Importable SSL Certificate
• Instant Alert via Email, SMS, and LCD
Disk Management
• Single Disk, JBOD, RAID 0 / 1 / 5 / 5+Hot Spare / 6 / 6+ Hot Spare
• Online RAID Capacity Expansion
• Online RAID Level Migration
• HDD S.M.A.R.T
• Bad Block Scan
• AES 256-bit Volume-based Encryption
• RAID Recovery
• Bitmap Support
• Supports ISO Mount
iSCSI
• iSCSI Target
- Multi-LUNs per Target
- Up to 256 LUNs
- Supports LUN Mapping
- Supports LUN Masking
- Supports SPC-3 Persistent Reservation
- Supports MPIO & MC/S
• Virtual Disk Drive (via iSCSI Initiator)
- Stack Chaining Master
- Max. Virtual Disk Drives: 8 Server Virtualization & Clustering
• Supports VMware vSphere (ESX/ESXi 4.0 and above)
• Supports Citrix XenServer (5.0/ 5.5)
• Supports Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V & Failover Clustering
Power Management
• Wake on LAN
• Scheduled Power on/off (Max 15 settings)
• Automatic Power on after Power Recovery
Access Right Management
• Max User Accounts: 4,096
• Max Groups: 512
• Max. Share Folder: 512
• Batch Creating Users
• Import User List
• User Quota Management
Windows AD Support
• Domain Users Login via CIFS/SMB, AFP, FTP and Web File Manager
• Supports NTLMv2 Authentication
Web Administration
• AJAX-based User Interface
• HTTP/HTTPS Connections
• Alert Notification (Email & SMS)
• Smart Fan Control
• DDNS
• SNMP (v2 & v3)
• UPS Support with SNMP Management (USB)
• Supports Network UPS
• Resource Monitor
• Network Recycle Bin for CIFS/SMB and AFP
• Comprehensive Logs (Events & Connection)
• Real-time Online User List
• Syslog Client
• Firmware Update
• Backup and Restore System Settings
• Restore to Factory Default
Applications
• Web File Manager
• Multimedia Station
• Download Station
• Surveillance Station
• iTunes Server
• UPnP Media Server
• Apache Web Server
• MySQL Server
Powerful All-in-one server
File Server
• File Sharing Across Windows, Mac OS and Linux/ Unix Platforms
• Protocols: CIFS/SMB, AFP(3.2), NFS, FTP, HTTP, HTTPS
• CIPHERTEX Web File Manager
FTP Server
• FTP over SSL/TLS (Explicit)
• Max Concurrent Connections: 256
• FXP Supported
• Passive FTP Port Range Control
• FTP Bandwidth & Connection Control
• Unicode Support
Web Server
• HTTP/ HTTPS Connections
• Supports WebDAV Connection
• Support Virtual Host
• Importable SSL Certificate
Database Server
• Built-in MySQL Server
• Web-based Management via phpMyAdmin
Backup Server
• Remote Replication Server (over Rsync)
• Apple Time Machine Support
• CIPHERTEX Client Backup Application-NetBak Replicator
• 3rd Party Backup Software Support: Acronis True Image, CA Brightstor, ARCserve Backup, EMC Retrospect, Symantec Backup Exec
iTunes Server
• Audio and Video Sharing
• Smart Playlist for iTunes Client (Windows & Mac OS)
UPnP Media Server
• Built-in TwonkyMedia Server (DLNA 1.5 Certified)
• Real-time & Background Photo Transcoding
• Supports UPnP/ DLNA Media Player
- Game Console: PlayStation 3, PSP and Xbox 360
- Digital Media Adapter/ Player
- Mobile Device (e.g. iPhone/ iPod Touch with UPnP/ DLNA
Applications
• Supported Formats:
- Music - MP3, MP4, M4A, M4B, 3GP, APL, AC3, M1V, M4V, MOV, AAC, AMR, AWB, WAV, PCM, LPCM, MP1, MP2, AIF, AIFF, AIFC, SND, WMA, OGG, FLAC
• Photo - JPG, JPE, JPEG, TIFF, TIF, GIF, PNG, BMP
- Video - WMV, ASF, VDR, AVI, XVID, DIVX, FLV, MPG, MPE, MTS, M2TS, M2T, MPEG, SPTS, M2P, M2V, MP2T, MP2P, MPG2, DVR-MS, VOB
Printer Server
• Network Printer Sharing (USB)
• Max Printers: 3
Multimedia Station
• Supports Photo, Audio and Video
• Image Slide Show and Rotation
• Automatic & Schedule Thumbnail Generation for Easy Browsing
• Display Photo Details from EXIF: Date, Exposure Time, Aperture, etc.
• Display Audio Details from ID3 Tag: Album Cover, Title, Artist, Album, etc.
• Access Authority Management
• Multimedia (Video & Audio) Streaming
• Supports Cooliris
• Supports Web Publishing (Facebook, MySpace, MSN Live, Twitter, Plurk, Blogger)
• Supports E-mail Publishing
• Supported Formats:
• Photo - JPG/JPEG, GIF, PNG
• Audio - MP3
• Video
• Playback: FLV, MPEG-4 Video (H.264 + AAC)
• Transcode: AVI, M4V, MPG/MPEG, RM/RMVB, WMV
Download Station
• PC-less BitTorrent/ FTP/ HTTP Download (up to 500 tasks)
• BitTorrent Download
- Supports TCP/ UDP Tracker Protocol
- Schedule Download
- Configurable Port Range
- Bandwidth Control
- UPnP NAT Port Forwarding
• HTTP/ FTP Download
- Configurable Saving Directory
- Bulk Download with Wildcard Setting
- RapidShare Download Support
Surveillance Station
• Supports 4 IP Cameras (Optional Purchase) for Network Surveillance
Included in box
Ciphertex Accessories are designed to enhance the mobility, organization, longevity, and ease-of-use of our various storage solutions. These accessories ensure the optimal performance and longest life-cycle of our products. Protect your investment.
eSATA to USB Adapters
Ciphertex Accessories are designed to enhance the mobility, organization, longevity, and ease-of-use of our various storage solutions. These accessories ensure the optimal performance and longest life-cycle of our products. Protect your investment.
eSATA to USB Adapters