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PRODUCT OVERVIEW
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WD SENTINEL DX4000
ADMINISTRATOR’S GUIDE
Product Overview
Getting to Know Your WD Sentinel DX4000 Server
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Getting to Know Your WD Sentinel DX4000 Server
Congratulations on your purchase of the WD Sentinel DX4000 Small Office Storage Server.
Designed specifically for small business environments, WD Sentinel DX4000 is an easy-to-
set-up Small Office Storage Server that provides secure centralized storage, complete data
protection, and data access for your employees, clients, and vendors while in the office or
working remotely from anywhere with an Internet connection. Featuring hardware and
software from industry leaders, WD Sentinel DX4000 delivers a high performance, reliable,
cost effective, and easy-to-manage storage server for your office network.
Offering complete data protection for your business, WD Sentinel DX4000 includes hard
drives optimized for quality, reliability, and performance, support for RAID levels 1 or 5,
backup and restore software for up to 25 computers, integrated block level data
de-duplication for computer backups, dual Gigabit Ethernet ports, and an optional second
power supply for high reliability and availability.
Note: RAID stands for Redundant Array of Independent Disks. RAID is a storage
technology that provides increased reliability and data protection through
redundancy.
The WD Sentinel server offers a full range of powerful features to put you in control to
manage and protect your business data. It not only provides a central repository for all of
your company information, but also as a backup server for up to 25 computers in your office
network, without ever needing to purchase additional backup software licenses.
With its built-in secure Remote Web Access, your employees, local or working remotely, can
collaborate with each other and securely access files and customer information, thereby
improving productivity and efficiency.
Featuring four hot-swappable tray-less drive bays, WD Sentinel DX4000 provides a wide
range of storage capacities, from 4 TB (2 TB usable in RAID 1 configuration) up to 16 TB
(12 TB usable in RAID 5 configuration).