ZyXEL NSA2401 Business NAS Server with Dual GbE LANs, Volume Encryption and Complete RAID/Snapshot Backup Solutions

The ZyXEL NSA-2401 network storage appliance meets the need of small business users with outstanding performance and massive capacity designed for mission-critical storage management. Its 800MHz-grade CPU, 256MB DDR II memory and dual Gigabit LAN ports empower data reading/writing and network transmission performance outperforming the competition with the best price/performance ratio.

In addition to typical RAID functionalities, the NSA-2401 provides "hot spare" features (RAID1+Spare, RAID5+Spare) to reduce down time and therefore further sustain the system. If any HDD failure occurs, a spare pre-loaded HDD in NSA-2401 will automatically take over from the failed one and continue to function without either corrupting the files and database, or interrupting regular NAS operations.

NSA-2401 can also collaborate with an optional UPS device to protect files and databases from sudden power failures or surges. With NSA-2401 monitoring the power level from the UPS (via USB) port, the IT staff can be informed of power failure or low UPS power level via e-mails in order to backup/save important data or shutdown the system safely in time. All these features ensure NSA-2401 to serve with high availability.

The IT staff can install cost-effective, low-capacity HDDs on NSA-2401 first for applications that require only a smaller capacity. When demand grows, the RAID5/JBOD online capacity expansion feature will allow capacity addition through simply installing extra HDDs.

NSA-2401 offers an integrated and enterprise-class backup and recovery solution to secure valuable files and databases to run the business smoothly with less risks of data-loss disaster. It equips with the most popular backup features used by enterprises today, including snapshoot, remote replication, local backup, instant/schedule backup Manager, PC client backup and Windows/SQL/Exchange server backup. With Snapshot backup, End-users can instantly recover the specific file, folder back to a specific time period with no hassle.

To lower the TCO (Total Cost Ownership) of small business today, unlimited license of Genie Backup Manager Lite software is bundled with NSA-2401 free of charge and also provides one license of Genie Backup Manager Server software to backup your SQL/Exchange server databases. What used to be considered an expensive luxury has now been made affordable for small business owners by ZyXEL.

Important business files and databases should be securely stored or transmitted to prevent unauthorized access. Hacked or leaked critical information on wrong hands may jeopardize confidential information such as financial data, projects in development or customer credential.

In addition to secure FTP/S and HTTP/S file transmission methods, the NSA-2401 also guards the system with Volume Encryption function. Volumes or disks can be encrypted with the robust 256-bit AES algorithm; only authorized personnel with a right password or USB key can access the encrypted data.

Web-based device and disk setup Wizards can help non-technical user to setup NSA-2401 in merely 10 minutes. For the first-time installation, the NSA-2401 Discovery Utility also helps locating and managing the device's IP address without changing the TCP/IP configuration. The "S.M.A.R.T." feature provides complete HDD information. This helps the IT staff to pinpoint potential or critical disk issues and to prevent HDD failures or critical data loss in advance.

Complete logs features, such as event log and Syslog, help the IT staff to keep an eye on the system status, access histories and connection status. Should any critical incident occur, the IT staff will be notified by emails and a buzzer will be activated immediately to warn the on-site personnel.