WEBVTT 00:00:07.240 --> 00:00:17.520 welcome to my unboxing and first look at the small business owner Delight this is 00:00:13.280 --> 00:00:21.439 meant to be a turnkey storage and backup 00:00:17.520 --> 00:00:24.400 and data access solution for small 00:00:21.439 --> 00:00:28.960 businesses who basically don't want to lose all of their data this is the WD 00:00:27.000 --> 00:00:34.000 Sentinel dx4000 we're going to go ahead and get 00:00:31.199 --> 00:00:39.000 it out of the outer brown box and have a look at the inner brown box so that's a 00:00:35.920 --> 00:00:42.800 shipping carton so let's start by saying 00:00:39.000 --> 00:00:45.000 that this thing is not cheap this is a 00:00:42.800 --> 00:00:49.079 value proposition but not a price play this is not really meant for consumers 00:00:46.960 --> 00:00:53.719 to give you guys some idea the 4 tbte skew which is the one that we have here 00:00:51.000 --> 00:00:58.920 is around 800 bucks and moving up to something like a 12 tbte version you'd 00:00:56.239 --> 00:01:04.280 be looking at closer to $1,500 to $2,000 so what's the value proposition 00:01:01.800 --> 00:01:08.080 here well for one thing it includes actually you know what let's let's okay 00:01:06.520 --> 00:01:11.360 you guys will get the value proposition later and I should preface this by 00:01:09.600 --> 00:01:15.600 saying if you want a far more detailed look at this we will be doing a 00:01:12.759 --> 00:01:19.640 follow-up video on the ncixcom channel where we take a much closer look at it 00:01:17.320 --> 00:01:22.759 the product like this is not served correctly by a basic unboxing but we 00:01:21.520 --> 00:01:26.360 might as well film an unboxing if we have to open up the box so uh let's 00:01:24.720 --> 00:01:29.479 start with what WD has to say for themselves on the outside so the package 00:01:27.759 --> 00:01:34.720 contents is the small office storage server AC adapter rg45 cable okay system 00:01:32.880 --> 00:01:39.320 requirements are basically you need an internet connection and a router okay 00:01:37.200 --> 00:01:43.640 that's pretty basic two gigb Ethernet ports two USB 3.0 ports those two gigb 00:01:41.759 --> 00:01:47.799 Ethernet ports are very interesting because they are failsafe which means 00:01:45.560 --> 00:01:51.719 they are redundant so even if you lose an Ethernet port you will not lose 00:01:49.560 --> 00:01:56.799 access to your data uses an Intel atom d525 dual core processor with two gigs 00:01:54.159 --> 00:02:01.200 of RAM and runs Windows storage Server 2008 R2 Essentials now when you break 00:01:58.600 --> 00:02:05.039 down the cost of this unit including the hardware they're using that Intel 00:02:02.799 --> 00:02:09.239 processor as well as Enterprise grade Intel hardware for the rest of the 00:02:07.039 --> 00:02:14.040 infrastructure that supports it plus they've actually got a copy of Windows 00:02:11.800 --> 00:02:17.480 server on it plus some of the other stuff that they include it starts to 00:02:15.360 --> 00:02:21.640 look like a very compelling value supported client operating systems whole 00:02:19.920 --> 00:02:27.000 bunch of operating systems pretty much everything that most people would care about supported web browsers pretty much 00:02:24.640 --> 00:02:30.680 everything most people would care about um network uh Network authentic ah right 00:02:29.319 --> 00:02:35.200 it supports active directory so if you have an existing active directory this 00:02:32.640 --> 00:02:40.360 will integrate easily into that due to its Windows uh due to its Windows basis 00:02:37.879 --> 00:02:47.680 Network protocols okay F raid levels aha raid one and raid five so this is a 4 00:02:44.440 --> 00:02:51.040 tbte skew which means it has two 2 tbte 00:02:47.680 --> 00:02:53.239 WD uh re series drives inside these are 00:02:51.040 --> 00:03:00.000 both 1.2 million hour meantime between failure drives um because this is meant 00:02:56.920 --> 00:03:03.080 as a server not as a consumer product 00:03:00.000 --> 00:03:06.560 and there is no room for failure of data 00:03:03.080 --> 00:03:08.680 in a server so this oh yeah this this 00:03:06.560 --> 00:03:14.480 what's more telling about all of this is what's absent here there's nothing about 00:03:11.440 --> 00:03:16.280 jbod nothing about raid zero nothing 00:03:14.480 --> 00:03:22.239 about anything but raid one and raid five The Sentinel does not support Drive 00:03:19.840 --> 00:03:27.280 configurations that are not safe and redundant so this 4 terab skew will 00:03:25.040 --> 00:03:31.120 automatically be configured in raid one which means that in terms of actual 00:03:28.799 --> 00:03:35.640 usable space we're going to have 2 terabytes to start with and then if we 00:03:33.599 --> 00:03:40.760 add an additional drive we'll go up to 4 terabytes and it'll run in raid five 00:03:37.879 --> 00:03:45.159 automatically it also supports online raid level migration and capacity 00:03:42.799 --> 00:03:49.239 expansion which means I can continue to use my data lbe it at reduced 00:03:47.200 --> 00:03:54.680 performance while I throw in my third drive and upgrade my storage space very 00:03:52.120 --> 00:03:58.760 cool other features share folder level Access Control bare metal backup and 00:03:56.640 --> 00:04:03.000 restore for up to 25 computers oh that's really another really cool thing so the 00:04:00.280 --> 00:04:06.480 way it does Backups is actually purely incremental which means if you have uh 00:04:05.120 --> 00:04:12.000 you know let's say you maxed it out and you've got 25 computers and you've got 00:04:09.120 --> 00:04:17.359 let's say the 12 the 12 terab skew so 8 terab of usable data realistically can 00:04:14.519 --> 00:04:23.160 you back up 25 computers on 8 terabytes no except that you can because it is 00:04:20.479 --> 00:04:27.360 only it is not storing any duplicated data so the Windows operating system 00:04:25.440 --> 00:04:31.360 files for example are only going to be stored 00:04:28.720 --> 00:04:35.960 once and then it can use those same files to restore any of those 25 00:04:33.280 --> 00:04:42.360 computers also when it takes multiple snapshots of a system it's only going to 00:04:39.320 --> 00:04:44.080 copy any changes in the data rather than 00:04:42.360 --> 00:04:50.240 recopying the whole thing so it makes very efficient use of the storage space 00:04:46.880 --> 00:04:52.039 that it has moving right along file 00:04:50.240 --> 00:04:56.560 folder level restore okay front panel LCD for S of staus built in DLNA server 00:04:54.639 --> 00:05:00.639 so yeah so if you do presentations in your office for example so this is not 00:04:58.680 --> 00:05:04.759 the same use of a LNA server that you'd have at home where you want to stream 00:05:01.919 --> 00:05:08.600 videos to your iPad uh not about that it's about you know training videos and 00:05:07.080 --> 00:05:14.440 any other media that you might need for your business not for uh not for home 00:05:11.240 --> 00:05:19.199 use okay USB UPS support okay so 00:05:14.440 --> 00:05:22.919 supports uh USB ups and check this out 00:05:19.199 --> 00:05:25.039 guys so this thing is serious business 00:05:22.919 --> 00:05:27.880 so with an let's let's let's start with you know what no let's do accessories 00:05:26.319 --> 00:05:35.600 first so there's your inter there's your Ethernet cable there's your power 00:05:30.160 --> 00:05:39.080 brick look at that fsp no no name power 00:05:35.600 --> 00:05:40.319 brick okay there's your cable for that 00:05:39.080 --> 00:05:43.639 and that's pretty much it technical support and warranty guide okay that 00:05:42.440 --> 00:05:49.800 might be important you want to hold on to this especially if you're a business user now WD has designed this thing from 00:05:47.560 --> 00:05:54.039 the ground up to be as simple as possible so you don't necessarily have 00:05:51.759 --> 00:05:57.440 to have an IT guy at your business in order to use this now we're going to be 00:05:55.759 --> 00:06:01.520 testing it and making sure that that's actually the case but WD seems very 00:05:59.680 --> 00:06:05.240 confident that almost anyone can use it here's an administrator's quick install 00:06:03.319 --> 00:06:09.199 guide which explains a little bit about what the Sentinel is all about and how 00:06:06.960 --> 00:06:14.800 to use it shows you how to connect it shows you how to configure it okay so 00:06:12.440 --> 00:06:18.199 this is uh not all English actually oh it's relatively quick so it's only a few 00:06:16.720 --> 00:06:24.680 steps how to connect your computers to it including different 00:06:19.759 --> 00:06:28.080 os's uh how to authenticate and uh join 00:06:24.680 --> 00:06:30.000 or and connect to the server okay so 00:06:28.080 --> 00:06:35.280 what makes this server grade Hardware we got a cooling fan servers need cooling 00:06:31.919 --> 00:06:37.160 that's good we've also got dual power in 00:06:35.280 --> 00:06:40.919 these are failsafe which means if you buy an additional power brick even if 00:06:39.319 --> 00:06:44.360 your power brick fails even if your internal power supply on the Sentinel 00:06:42.680 --> 00:06:49.479 fails you will not experience any downtime two USB 3.0 ports for auxiliary 00:06:47.720 --> 00:06:54.720 storage as well as for you know uh running a UPS over USB and then there 00:06:52.199 --> 00:06:58.160 are your dual again fail safe gigabit Ethernet 00:06:55.919 --> 00:07:02.280 connections um on the side you got some ventilation holes on the other side you 00:07:00.639 --> 00:07:07.039 got some more ventilation holes on the bottom you don't see anything really out 00:07:04.240 --> 00:07:12.360 of the ordinary actually hold on a sec so what makes this thing you know really 00:07:09.960 --> 00:07:16.720 Enterprise grade server grade a few things there are your redundant power 00:07:14.560 --> 00:07:21.199 supply inputs so if you grab yourself an additional power supply making sure that 00:07:18.919 --> 00:07:25.360 you use the appropriate uh the appropriate spec for your power grip you 00:07:23.319 --> 00:07:29.039 will actually experience no downtime in the event of a failure even of the 00:07:26.960 --> 00:07:34.120 internal uh components that are on the other side here so that's pretty cool 00:07:30.960 --> 00:07:35.720 there's your USB ports for any you know 00:07:34.120 --> 00:07:39.440 additional functionality you need whether it's using it as a print server 00:07:37.240 --> 00:07:44.520 or whether it's uh using a ups for backup and there are your fail safe dual 00:07:42.400 --> 00:07:47.560 gigabit Ethernet ports we've also got a cooling fan on the back as well as your 00:07:46.199 --> 00:07:52.560 serial number and any information Kensington lock spot is right here some 00:07:50.479 --> 00:07:55.240 ventilation holes on the side some ventilation holes on the other side 00:07:54.159 --> 00:08:02.520 especially if you load this thing up with four drives you're going to want it reasonably well ventilated on the front 00:07:59.599 --> 00:08:08.280 you can see it opens up here and there is a drive so let's not fuss with that 00:08:05.639 --> 00:08:12.319 one let's instead pull out one of the empty ones so in terms of Drive mounting 00:08:10.960 --> 00:08:18.440 it's actually very straightforward now this is cool because our Sentinel is uh 00:08:15.199 --> 00:08:21.159 is a is an uh sorry a 4 gig or 4 tbte 00:08:18.440 --> 00:08:26.440 but WD sent us an additional drive now it should be noted that it is a special 00:08:23.520 --> 00:08:31.159 skew that goes into the Sentinel WD is taking the data security of small 00:08:28.440 --> 00:08:36.440 businesses very seriously you can't just use any re Drive there's uh there's a 00:08:34.159 --> 00:08:39.959 matrix uh available I think it's online which shows you which drives you can use 00:08:38.519 --> 00:08:44.279 in order to upgrade the storage of your Sentinel so for the same reason it does 00:08:42.279 --> 00:08:50.120 not support running outside of raid 1 or Raid 5 it does not support 00:08:46.600 --> 00:08:51.560 non-enterprise grade hard drives okay 00:08:50.120 --> 00:08:56.800 you're not this is not meant to be a cheap NAS where you're using consumer 00:08:53.800 --> 00:08:59.880 grade hardware for a business use this 00:08:56.800 --> 00:09:01.680 is a business class piece of hardware so 00:08:59.880 --> 00:09:06.399 anyway they sent us an additional 2 tab drive and the upgrade process is as 00:09:03.839 --> 00:09:12.160 simple as even if the machine is powered on lining it up there's no mounting 00:09:08.839 --> 00:09:13.839 screws no nothing dropping it in I mean 00:09:12.160 --> 00:09:20.000 don't drop it be careful it's a hard drive hold on ah there we go pressing it 00:09:17.279 --> 00:09:23.160 in and closing it that is the upgrade process you can do it while it's on and 00:09:21.640 --> 00:09:26.200 it won't even affect your ability to access your data and it's going to start 00:09:24.800 --> 00:09:29.760 putting this in raid five mode which will double our available capacity by 00:09:27.959 --> 00:09:34.240 switching from raid 1 to raid 5 I'm going to take that out for now though because we do want to have a look at it 00:09:32.160 --> 00:09:38.920 running in raid one mode uh when we do our full Tech tips before we uh go much 00:09:37.600 --> 00:09:43.720 further into that okay so there's on the front we've 00:09:41.880 --> 00:09:47.600 also got our LCD readout we've got activity LEDs for the four drives as 00:09:45.800 --> 00:09:50.800 well as navigation buttons for here as well as a power button so that's you 00:09:49.600 --> 00:09:54.360 know what let's call that it for the unboxing and I want you guys to 00:09:52.760 --> 00:09:59.480 definitely check out the full video on this on ncixcom maybe this isn't for you 00:09:57.480 --> 00:10:02.760 but if you're like the tech it guy in family you know anyone who has a small 00:10:00.800 --> 00:10:07.040 business slick was showing me some pretty terrifying statistics it was 00:10:05.040 --> 00:10:13.920 something in the neighborhood of 40 to 60% of small businesses never open their 00:10:10.880 --> 00:10:16.600 doors again after a catastrophic data 00:10:13.920 --> 00:10:19.880 loss think about that for a second and if you know anyone who has a small 00:10:18.000 --> 00:10:23.040 business where they're still using you know oh I don't have a thumb drive on me 00:10:21.800 --> 00:10:28.399 but where they're still using thumb drives to move critical business data 00:10:25.600 --> 00:10:31.320 around it's not the right way to go thumb drives can fail I personally had 00:10:29.959 --> 00:10:34.920 one fail a little while ago that was very inconvenient for me this gives 00:10:33.160 --> 00:10:39.320 everyone remote access to the data they need you can set everything up based on 00:10:37.120 --> 00:10:43.440 which users have access to what and when and all of all those kinds of settings 00:10:42.000 --> 00:10:47.600 this is more along the lines of what people should be using so thank you for checking out this unboxing and first 00:10:46.079 --> 00:10:52.720 look and don't forget to subscribe to lus Tech tips for unboxings reviews and 00:10:51.000 --> 00:10:56.600 other computer videos I forgot what to say for a sec