PowerVault NX400 Network Attached Storage
Single-socket, 1U rack mount NAS server

Benefits:

Efficient dedicated data sharing

This entry-level file-sharing system, based on enterprise-class Dell PowerEdge™ 12th generation server technology, is easy to manage with its integration of Windows Storage Server 2012 R2 (standard Edition and Workgroup Edition). This specialized operating system helps control growing storage demands by making file storage more efficient than previous generation solutions.

Maintaining productivity is essential for any business, so NX400 offers disparate users simplified access to files and shares across a network-wide infrastructure, even to remote offices. File shares are easy to locate and resilient.

NX400 with Windows Storage Server 2012 (WSS2012) R2 helps eliminate data clutter by identifying duplicate files, storing one copy and replacing others with pointers1. It also has a single management interface that delivers improved managed file services across CIFS/NFS, and offers improved control and compliance over files, ideal for audit and planning purposes.

Room to grow your business

PowerVault NX400's efficient file sharing is packaged in a small, 1U form factor, allowing extra room in your rack for other systems and components. Plus, its maximum 16TB2 capacity allows plenty of space to grow files and shares - designed so you have room to grow your business.

Simple deployment and management

Avoid the hassle of building a file server from scratch. PowerVault NX400 is optimized for storing, sharing, and protecting files, and is integrated and ready to go out of the box. In fact, the PowerVault NX400 can be ready to share files within minutes.

Take full advantage of the Initial Configuration Tasks wizard to streamline the setup process. Also, there is no need to buy additional Client-Access Licenses (CALs) for each user you add to your NX400. Support for multiple users is already built into this file-sharing system.

Put the latest storage technology to work for you

Dell integrates the best of our PowerEdge servers with Windows latest Storage Server operating system, designed to improve reliability and performance. WSS2012 R2 enables the Server Message Block 3.0 (SMB3.0) protocol, which can improve performance with multichannel failover, and is designed to increase the reliability of application specific capabilities for Microsoft SQL Server® and Hyper-V®.

Thin provisioning, deduplication and compression provides additional data management optimization by optimizing capacity allocation on the NAS. For remote offices, the new BranchCache® feature improves branch office connectivity on low-speed, high-latency links.

Windows Storage Server 2012 R2 features

A new feature in Windows Storage Server 2012 R2 is called Work Folders. This feature allows you to Bring-Your-Ownd-Device (BYOD) so you can access work files from your personal computer or device, while keeping your organization's data sage through centralized controls, encryption and lock screen passwords.

Additionally there are new Storage Spaces functions that include storage tiering, SSD write-back cache, parity storage spaces on failover clusters, dual parity storage spaces, and faster recovery. An improved Storage Management API adds cluster awareness and remote management for these new Storage Spaces features.

WSS2012 R2 also enhances several of the current WSS2012 features, such as SMB protocol, iSCSI Target, DFS Replication, Deduplication. Changes to Failover Clustering and enhanced support for Hyper-V have made it faster and easier to implement continuous availability.

Technical Specifications:

Management
Dell OpenManage™ featuring Dell Management Console, iDRAC 7 Enterprise, Native Java RDP plug-in or Windows Server Management interface

Data Protection Features
DFS-R (Replication), VSS (Snapshots)

Data Management Features
Data deduplication with compression, FCI (File Classification Infrastructure), FSRM (File Server Resource Manager)

Documentation:

Dell PowerVault NX400 Datasheet (.PDF)