We’ve previously discussed the ability of the NetSwap NAS devices being able to encrypt using the Truecrypt algorithm. In this Blog, we’ll do a detailed walk through of setting it up. High-Rely NetSwap Plus Encryption Setup Guide Your NetSwap Plus Device is ready for Volume Encryption straight out of the box. Volume Encryption on the…
The Graphic below details the differences between Windows Storage Server 2016 Workgroup and Standard Edition. If a user needs Hyper-V functionality the Standard edition should be used. However, if you want to spin up virtual machines using a third party virtualization program such as Virtual Box, that may be done on the Workgroup edition. Notice…
Multi-Cloud Replication Jobs Should run in Sequence – NOT in Parallel When scheduling Multi-Cloud or Multiple location jobs in High-Sync on RNAS products it is often desirable to use several distinct jobs or profiles and make sure one job finishes before another starts. This limits the use of available bandwidth, and prevents hard drive thrashing…
Setting up Google Cloud Storage using Windows NAS (The RNAS series appliances) Google Cloud Storage using Windows NAS is possible because Google uses an Amazon S3 compatible (Object and Bucket based) cloud. This encompasses several storage options including multi-regional, regional, nearline, and coldline storage. Each of these looks the same to the end-user, the differences…
Amazon S3 5GB Limit Amazon S3 and compatible services used to have a 5GB object (file size) limit. Although Amazon Changed the total object limit in 2010 to 5TB it is still true that the largest object that can be uploaded in a single PUT command is 5 gigabytes. They require that the software uploading…