Small & medium businesses face an ever-increasing need for data consolidation & document sharing. The D-Link Share Center Pro 1200 NAS addresses these growing data storage requirements, & provides a multitude of additional options for managing & securing important files. The DNS-1200-05 integrates a NAS file server which takes full advantage of the accelerated performance provided by i SCSI. Files can be shared across the network or over the Internet via FTP or an intuitive web file manager, to users with the appropriate credentials. i SCSI offers exceptionally fast access performance thanks to block-level data transfer. i SCSI targets appear as a local drive on a client PC. Operations such as configuration, provisioning, & backup can be handled by the administrator in the same way they would be for directly attached storage. By utilizing existing Ethernet technology, the cost associated with separate host bus adapters & the per-Gigabyte cost for storage can be significantly reduced. The DNS-1200-05 offers several backup options which allow administrators & users to control how, when, & where their data is stored. Remote backup will keep a copy of your files on a remote NAS over the Internet for extra data protection, & volume snapshots can backup a whole volume in a few minutes in contrast with traditional backup schemes that can take hours. Account management features include the ability to manage users/groups & Read/ Write permissions. Create users, groups, & i SCSI targets with password authentication. in addition, VLAN tag support combined with AES encryption keeps files secure. i SCSI implements a Challenge-Handshake Authentication Protocol (CHAP) to guarantee secure access to the storage system. USB (Universal Serial Bus) connectivity provides the option to establish a printer server, monitor a UPS, or connect USB (Universal Serial Bus) devices such as hard drives & flash storage. The DNS-1200-05 features 5 Serial ATA (SATA) disk drive bays supporting 2 TB hard drives