Introducing Linksys
Network Attached Storage
March 21, 2007
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Agenda
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Linksys Strategy towards SMB
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Network Attached Storage 101
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Linksys NAS Strategy
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Network Storage System Product Overview
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Competitive Overview
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Network Storage Tools and Information
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Linksys Partner Promotions
Connected Office
The Connected Office Product Vision
Standalone Standalone •Simple Routing •Simple Switching •Simple Wireless Business Series Solutions Solutions •Service Node •Phones •Voice Gateways •Applications Linksys One Managed Service + Premise Network
One Bill, Support Number, Solution
Easy installation, upgrades, administration Plug n Play Infrastructure Infrastructure •Routing •Switching •Wireless Business Series Linksys One Ready
•NAS
•Cameras
•LVS
Solutions for growing
small businesses
Agenda
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Linksys Strategy towards SMB
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Network Attached Storage 101
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Linksys NAS Strategy
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Network Storage System Product Overview
Storage Terms
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DAS = Directed Attached Storage
– Examples: USB Flash Disk, USB Hard Disk, ESATA/Firewire
Hard Disk
– Targets: Consumer/Pro-Consumer
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NAS = Network Attached Storage
– Examples: Buffalo Terastation, Intel Based Product Running
Windows Storage Server 2003
– Targets: SMB/SMEs
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SANS = Storage Area Networks
– Examples: EMC and IBM Fiber Channel Solutions
– Targets: Enterprise
Terms
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PATA = Parallel Advanced Technology Attachment
– Legacy IDE Devices
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SATA = Serial Advanced Technology Attachment
– Benefits Include Faster Transfer Rates And Improved Cable Technology
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SATA1 vs. SATA2
– SATA 1 Is Rated At 150MBytes/Sec Transfer – SATA 2 Is Rated At 300MBytes/Sec Transfer
– No Drive Today Can Support Even 150MBytes/Sec Sustained Transfer
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Approved Vendor List – Why Do We Have One?
– Not All Drives Are Created Equal Many Consumer Drives That You
Would Purchase Through Traditional Retail Channels Are Not Rated For 24x7 “High Duty Cycle” Applications
– Also, They Tend To Have More Aggressive Error Correction Routines, Which Can We Incompatible With RAIDs
Terms
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CIFS = Common Internet File System – Protocol For
Remote Access Of Files In A Client-Server Model
– CIFS Runs Over TCP/IP and Uses Server Message Block For
File Access
– CIFS Is Used By Windows, Macintosh (OSX with SAMBA), Unix
(With SAMBA) For Client Access To Remote Shares Like the
NAS
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NFS = Network File System – Invented By Sun
Microsystems, This Protocol Is Used By Linux and Unix
Systems And Servers For Remote File Share Access
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File Journaling- XFS
– A Data Integrity Mechanism Whereby Data Is Serially Written To
A Journal Before Actual Disk Updates Are Performed
What Is RAID?
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RAID = Original Definition Was Redundant Array Of
Inexpensive Disks
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Today RAID = Redundant Array Of Independent Disks
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Depending On The RAID Type – The Benefit Of RAID
Can Be
– Capacity
– Data Integrity
– Fault-Tolerance
– And/Or Throughput
Looks Like Single Volume
RAID 0
Minimum 2 Disks
RAID 0 Striped Array Without Fault Tolerance
Ideal For Higher Performance Read or Write No Disk “Tax”, Can Use 100% Of Storage Capacity A B C D
Data
Volume 1 4 3 2
RAID 1
Minimum 2 Disks 1RAID 1 Mirrored Array – Redundancy
4 3 2 1 1 2 3 4 Data
Ideal For Single Disk Performance Read or Write High Disk “Tax”, Can Use 50% Of Storage Capacity
Volume 1 4 3 2
RAID 1 + Spare
Minimum 3 Disks 1RAID 1 Mirrored Array + Spare – Redundancy
4 3 2 1 1 2 3 4 Data 4 3 2 1
Single Disk Performance Read or Write
Very High Disk “Tax”, Can Use 33% Of Storage Capacity Can Survive 2 Disk Failure
Looks Like Single Volume Parity X Y Z 4 Parity 5 6 A B Parity C
RAID 5
Minimum 3 Disks 1 2 3 ParityRAID 5 Striping With Distributed Parity Blocks
1 2 3 Data A B C Data 4 5 6 Data X Y Z Data
Best Combination Of Storage Capacity and Performance Performance Read Of RAID 0
Looks Like Single Volume X Y Parity Parity 4 5 A Parity B
RAID 5 + Spare
Minimum 4 Disks 1 2 ParityRAID 5 Striping With Distributed Parity Blocks
1 2 Data A B Data 4 5 Data X Y Data
Best Combination Of Storage Capacity and Performance Performance Read Of RAID 0
3 3 1 1 C C
RAID 10 or 1+0
Minimum 4 Disks A ARAID 1+0 Mirrored and Striped Array – High Performance With Redundancy
4 4 2 2 D D B B A B C D 1 2 3 4 Data Data
Looks Like Single Volume
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Faster Write Performance Than RAID 5 (No Parity Calc) Faster Rebuild Time High Disk “Tax”, Can Use ~50% Of Storage Capacity
Agenda
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Linksys Strategy towards SMB
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Network Attached Storage 101
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Linksys NAS Strategy
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Network Storage System Product Overview
Linksys NAS Strategy
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Objective: Establish Linksys As A Credible SMB Storage Brand
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Linksys Business Series and Linksys One NAS Product Firsts:
(Establish Quality and Innovation)
– First To Market With A Complete Purpose Built NAS Family Of Products – First Major Brand To Ship Drive-Less NAS Chassis That Do Not Require
Complex CD Based Software Installation
– First SMB Class NAS Products With RPSU Options
– First SMB Class NAS Products That Support Aggregation Across The Family of Products
– First SMB Family Of NAS Products To Support Data Encryption Across The Product Family
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Lead With Highest End Product Into The Market First (NSS4000 &
Key Marketing Messages
Product Positioning & Sample Deployments
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Storage System Of Products
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Key System Focus
– High Data Integrity Features (Journaling, Hot Spares, RAID Set Failure Handling, RPSU)
– High Data Protection Features (On Disk File Encryption) – Unmatched Expansion Options
• Drive Set Migration (RAID & Volume Encryption/Expansion) • Network Virtualization of Volume Between Devices
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“Drive-less” Solution Option For Lower Costs & Greater
Revenue Opportunities For VARs
– Optimize For
• Performance • Price
• Reliability
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Linksys One Ready
Selling Messages
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The Linksys Network Storage System Family of Products
Was Designed With User Data Protection and Expansion
In Mind
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Excellent Sales Lead And Portfolio Differentiator
– No Competitive Solution From 3COM, D-Link or Netgear
– Pulls Through Sales Of
• Gigabit Managed Switches • Gigabit Security Routers • 802.11n Wireless Solutions • Linksys One Products
Agenda
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Linksys Strategy towards SMB
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Network Attached Storage 101
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Linksys NAS Strategy
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Network Storage System Product Overview
Network Attached Storage
NAS 4 Drives
NSS4000 Chassis /4100 (Includes 4 x 250GB Disks) • (4) Drive SATA Chassis
• (2) Port 10/100/1000 + RPSU Option • On Disk Encryption
• Hot Swap & Virtualization Target • RAID 0/1/1+Spare/5/5+Spare/10 • VLANs/802.1q/
• HTTP and SNMP Management
NSS6000 Chassis Only / 6100 (Includes 4 x 250GB Disks) • (4) Drive SATA Chassis
• (2) Port 10/100/1000 +RPSU Option • On Disk Encryption
• Hot Swap & Virtualization Master • RAID 0/1/1+Spare/5/5+Spare/10 • VLANs/802.1q
• HTTP and SNMP Management
Workgroups & Small Offices
Offices, High Performance Workgroups &
NSS4000 – 4 Drive SATA NAS
NSS4000 – (4) Bay Gigabit Network Storage System
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4 Drive SATA Chassis + (2) 10/100/1000Mbps LAN
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Key Features:
– Drive-Less Chassis
– RAID 0/1/+Spare/5/5+Spare/10/JBOD – SMART Disk Protection/File Journaling – 256Bit (AES) On Disk File Encryption
– Virtualization Across Devices (Requires NSS6000 Series) – Hot Swap Drives
– MS Distributed File System
– Volume Set Virtualization Across Devices – Advanced LAN Functions
• 802.1Q/802.1p
– Intelligent HD Spin Up/Down Control
– SNMP Monitoring & Web Management
NSS4100 – 4 Drive SATA NAS
NSS4100 – (4) Bay Gb Network Storage System w/ Drives
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4 Drive SATA Chassis + (2) 10/100/1000Mbps LAN
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Key Features:
– Chassis + (4) 250GB Hard Disks
• Drives Are 7200RPM & High Duty Cycle (Rated 24x7 Operation)
– RAID 0/1/+Spare/5/5+Spare/10/JBOD – SMART Disk Protection/File Journaling – 256Bit (AES) On Disk File Encryption
– Virtualization Across Devices (Requires Requires NSS6000 Series)
– Hot Swap Drives
– MS Distributed File System
– Volume Set Virtualization Across Devices – Advanced LAN Functions
• 802.1Q/802.1p
– Intelligent HD Spin Up/Down Control
– SNMP Monitoring & Web Management
NSS6000 – 4 Drive SATA NAS
NSS6000- (4) Bay Adv. Gigabit Network Storage System
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4 Drive SATA Chassis + (2) 10/100/1000Mbps LAN
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Key Features:
– Drive-Less Chassis
– RAID 0/1/+Spare/5/5+Spare/10/JBOD
– SMART Disk Protection/File Journaling
– 256Bit (AES) On Disk File Encryption
– Hot Swap Drives
– MS Distributed File System
– Volume Set Virtualization Across Devices – Advanced LAN Functions
• 802.1Q/802.1p
– Intelligent HD Spin Up/Down Control – SNMP Monitoring & Web Management – RPSU Support
NSS6100 – 4 Drive SATA NAS
NSS6000- (4) Bay Adv. Gigabit Network Storage System w/ Drives
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4 Drive SATA Chassis + (2) 10/100/1000Mbps LAN
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Key Features:
– Chassis + (4) 250GB Hard Disks
• Drives Are 7200RPM & High Duty Cycle (Rated 24x7 Operation) – RAID 0/1/+Spare/5/5+Spare/10/JBOD
– SMART Disk Protection/File Journaling
– 256Bit (AES) On Disk File Encryption
– Hot Swap Drives
– MS Distributed File System
– Volume Set Virtualization Across Devices – Advanced LAN Functions
• 802.1Q/802.1p
– Intelligent HD Spin Up/Down Control – SNMP Monitoring & Web Management – RPSU Support
Key Feature Sets For NAS Family
Hardware & Software Highlights
(4) Bays SATA (4) Bays SATA
Number Disks/Type
Yes Yes
Diskless Chassis Based Design
Yes Yes
USB Flash Disk Config Backup
Yes Yes
Disk Spin-Up/Spin-Down Control
(2) 10/100/1000Mbps (2) 10/100/1000Mbps
LAN Connections
Yes Yes
Staggered Disk Spin Up
Yes/RPS1000 Yes/RPS1000
RPSU Support
WD 250 GB RAID Edition SATA2 7200RPM 24x7 Duty Cycle WD 250 GB RAID Edition SATA2
7200RPM 24x7 Duty Cycle Units With Hard Disk
Per Disk Temp, System Temp, Voltage, Fans, Fans Speed Per Disk Temp, System Temp,
Voltage, Fans, Fans Speed Hardware Monitoring Yes Yes Cable Diagnostics Yes Yes
Per Disk LEDs
Yes Yes
SMART Support
Yes/ Up to 9K Yes/ Up to 9K
Jumbo Ethernet Frame Support
Yes Yes
Hot Swap Drives
Yes/APC Yes/APC
UPS Support
Hardware Features:
2 Years Product / 1 Year Power/Fans 2 Years Product / 1 Year
Power/Fans Warranty
Yes Yes
Disk Failure Locator LED
NSS6000 Series NSS4000 Series
Key Feature Sets For NAS Family
Hardware & Software Highlights
Yes Yes
RAID Rebuild Priority Management
Yes Yes Anonymous FTP Yes Yes FTP/FTPS
Yes (Active Directory/NT Domains) Yes (Active Directory/NT Domains)
External Directory Authentication
Yes Yes
Universal File Locking
Yes Yes
Unlimited Client License
Windows/MAC(CIFS) & Unix/Linux (NFS) Windows/MAC(CIFS) & Unix/Linux (NFS) Client Support Yes Yes
RAID Degraded Mode Management
Yes Yes
RAID Set Reordering
Yes Yes
RAID Set Migration Between Chassis
Yes Yes
Microsoft Distributed File System
Yes Yes
Windows Like File Access Control
Yes Yes Public Shares 0/1/1+Spare/5/5+Spare/10/JBOD 0/1/1+Spare/5/5+Spare/10/JBOD RAID Types
Hard and Soft Quotas Hard and Soft Quotas
User Disk Quota
Software NAS Features:
Yes Requires NSS6XXX
File System Virtualization
AES 256bit AES 256bit
File System Encryption
Local, NIS (Linux) & Windows Domain Local, NIS (Linux) & Windows Domain
Simultaneous Director Support
Windows/NFS/FTP/HTTP Windows/NFS/FTP/HTTP
Server Emulations
NSS6000 NSS4000
Key Feature Sets For NAS Family
Hardware & Software Highlights
Yes Yes
Windows Discovery Tool
Yes No
Snap Shot
Yes Yes
UPnP and Bonjour Discovery Protocol
Yes Yes
DHCP/Ping/Trace Route
Software NAS Features:
Yes Yes
Idle Connection Disconnect CIFS/FTP
Yes Yes
Dynamic Volume Expansion
Yes Yes
Backup To Windows Servers Or Other NSS Systems Yes Yes 802.1q (VLANS) Yes Yes
Active Stand By Link Back Up
Yes Yes
QoS
Yes Yes
MAC/IP Address Based ACL
Software Management Features:
HTTP/HTTPS HTTP/HTTPS Web Management Yes Yes SNMP Monitoring (SNMPv3) Software Networking Features:
Yes Yes
Linksys One Ready
Yes Yes
Syslog
NSS6000 NSS4000
Agenda
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Linksys Strategy towards SMB
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Network Attached Storage 101
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Linksys NAS Strategy
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Network Storage System Product Overview
Mid Range NAS Solutions
TeraStation+ Performance With Advanced NAS Features
Dell PowerVault 745N 1.0TB Windows SS2003 (200GB x 4) HP ProLiant DL100G2 1.0TB Windows SS 2003 (250GB x 4)
Buffalo TeraStation NAS (400GB x 4) 1.6TB
Features
Price
Buffalo TeraStation NAS (250GB x 4) 1.0TB
NSS6000/NSS6100 NSS4000/NSS4100
Encryption Examples
Diskless Chassis-Based Design With Encryption
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Enables Migration of RAID Sets Between Systems
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Enables Secure Offsite Backup/Archiving of Data
Vertical Market Opportunities:
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Health Care
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Legal
Distributed File System Example
Other Key Differentiators
Allows Completely Secure Data Transmission and Storage of Data ?
? Advantage
Data Encryption (AES 256 on Disk, and FTPS The Wire)
Allows For Identification Of Failed Drive, Prevent Accidental RAID Set Failure By Remove Wrong Disk ?
? Advantage
Error LEDs
We Monitor HD Smart State, System Temp, Fan speed, Voltage, HD Temp
-Advantage
Advanced Hardware Monitoring
Allows For Multiple File Share Access Among CIFS/FTP, Without Synch Problems
Advantage Weakness
Advantage Unified File Locking
Allows For Defined Period Of Time The RAID Is Allowed To Function After A Drive Failure To Prevent Data Loss ?
Weakness Advantage
Configurable Degraded Management Mode
Supports Both Local Database Directory As Well As AD Systems Weakness
Weakness Advantage
Active Directory and Local Directory Support
Eliminates Expensive Cable Testing Equipment, Improves Trouble Shooting Weakness
Weakness Advantage
Integrated Cable Diags
Intel Based System Typically Use 400+ Watt Power Supplies, Increasing
Operation Costs Weakness
Advantage Advantage
150Watt Power Supply
Benefits Windows Server 2003 Competitive Embedded Linux NSS Series
FAQ
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Unit Replacement
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RAID Setup Times
– (4) x 250 RAID 5 Build Takes 12 Hours on NSS6000
– RAID 0 Mirror of (1) 250GB Drive To (1) 250GB Drive Takes 4
Hours on NSS6000
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Network Storage Tools and Information
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Linksys Partner Promotions
Network Storage Partner Tools
Product Data Sheets NSS Product Brief: 28 Pages!
Network Attached Storage Guide
Other Tools:
• Approved Vendor Hard Drive List
• NAS Technology Presentation
• Linksys NSS Product Family Presentation
Linksys Partner Connection (LPC)
Program Benefits
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Partner only promotions
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Access to special Linksys
solutions via Product
Authorization Including:
– Linksys One
– LVS 9000 Linksys Voice System
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Authorized Partner Logo
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Ability to earn up to 5%
up-front discounts on select
Linksys Business Series
products when you purchase
from an Authorized Linksys
Distributor
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Dedicated Sales Support
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Partner Only Technology
Webinars
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Monthly Partner Newsletter
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Partner Locator Placement
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Online RMA process,
firmware and software
downloads from the web – all
available FREE of Charge
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Discounted demo units
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Priority Pre- and Post-Sales
Support
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