Boot Drives: Two 2.5” with OS pre-installed, pre-configured in RAID-1. #Western digital wd sentinel dx4000 compatable drive windows#
Cloud Integration: Windows Azure, Office 365. Data Protection: Storage Spaces or Hardware RAID (JBOD, 0, 1,5,10). Memory: 16 GB ECC RAM (32 GB Max) – 2 used of 4 RAM slots. CPU: Intel Xeon E3-1265LV2 2.5 GHz Quad Core processor. Operating System: Windows Server 2012 R2 Essentials. While our focus in this review is primarily on the storage functionality, the point of differentiation is important. The difference means that the WD products more or less add server functionality to the storage box, making the DSs capable of running applications, acting as a domain controller and so on. While these systems deliver NAS functionality, they run Windows Server 2012 Essentials, which is different from Windows Storage Server 2012 Essentials that is found in pure NAS boxes. Alongside local disaster recovery through LAN and WAN links and direct attached storage, the DS6100 can be used with Windows Azure and other cloud platforms for hybrid storage and backup.Īs WD continues to grow their branded storage portfolio, the DS6100 and DS5100 require a subtle but important point of clarification. Failover redundant DC-in power supplies are also a valuable addition reflecting the enterprise orientation of the S-Series feature set. For this review, we will evaluate the DS6100 as a Windows Storage Spaces volume accessed over the network via SMB/CIFS and iSCSI.ĭual gigabit Ethernet ports can be configured for fault tolerance, aggregated performance, or access to separate LANs. The DS6100 is available with up to four WD Se enterprise 3.5-inch HDDs for storage, which are hot swappable and can be configured as a RAID array or managed via Windows Storage Spaces pools. The DS6100 base configuration includes redundant operating system drives in a mirrored RAID 1 array, which is an option on the DS5100 with a single OS drive as base. The DS6100 has double the maximum storage capacity and a faster Xeon quad core processor than the DS5100, but the two Sentinel S-Series appliances share most other specifications which are capable of running on-premise and cloud applications including QuickBooks. In the time since we looked at the Sentinel DX4000, WD has continued to focus the Sentinel lineup on filling a primary NAS role while taking advantage of its server capabilities to provide network services such as Active Directory, DNS, and DHCP via a Windows platform with its broad base of applications. 
The DS6100 offers simple deployment with quick access to Microsoft Windows Server 2102 Essentials, allowing the integrated server and storage device that can provide services and applications on the network alongside storage. The DS6100 and its sibling the DS5100 are two recent additions to WD’s growing Sentinel Series lineup of small business network storage appliances, which consolidate primary server and storage solutions for small businesses and branch offices. The WD Sentinel DS6100 is a 8 x 9 x 6-inch pedestal which can serve up to 16TB of unified NAS and iSCSI storage.
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