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 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 in RAID level 0, 1, 5, 5+ Spare, 6 or JBOD configurations. IT administrators can quickly deploy a network storage solution using inexpensive SATA disk drives, & can add more drives depending on storage needs. in addition, S.M.A.R.T. disk diagnostics helps to ensure hardware integrity & warns of possible failures before they occur. The DNS-1200 Share Center Pro 1200 is part of D-Link Green, D-Link's program for providing eco-friendly alternatives without compromising performance: if the hard drives are not used in a configurable period of time, or data is not being transmitted, the Share Center Pro 1200 will enter st&-by mode to save power. The silent fan will adapt its speed depending on the hard drives temperature. in addition, the scheduled on/off function allows the device to be automatically switched off when it is not in use.