Automatic data backup, secure web access and sharing, and convenient media access and streaming for your home network.

Digital videos of your children taking their first steps. The music library youve built.
The 15 years of personal financial data youve compiled. Theyre highly valuable—if not
irreplaceable—but when stored on your home computers theyre also vulnerable to system
failures and viruses, loss and theft.

Central Axis storage server delivers a smart, simple way to automatically back up the
valuable digital content on all the computers in your home network. Backups happen
automatically—a welcome change from the tedious chore of copying your content to
discs and thumb drives.

You can securely access and share your content via any web browser, too, so its a snap
to grab a file from any computer in your home or on the road, and you can easily share
content with friends and family everywhere. And for a rich home entertainment experience,
you can create a centralized library of household photos, videos, and music that offers
anytime access and streaming to your networked TVs, digital music players, and computers.

Features and Benefits:

  – Automated data protection: Automatically back up all your network-connected computers to one central, safe location.

  – Securely access your stored content: View images and slideshows from any Internet-connected PC, Mac, or laptop while keeping your firewall intact.

  – Easy file sharing: Invite friends and family to view and download select photos and other files via the web. You can even authorize guests to upload their own content.

  – Convenient media access and streaming: Enjoy the convenience of a centralized, always-accessible library of your households digital music, videos, and photos, and stream media from your Central Axis to any networked computer or home entertainment device.
(Requires a UPnP AV-compatible player.)

  – Printer sharing: Print from anywhere on the network.

  – Ease of use: Plug your Central Axis into your router and it automatically configures to your network. The server quickly loads and organizes your content by file type, provides at-a-glance storage and backup status, and notifies you via email of system events.

Perfect for When You Need To

  – Automatically back up and protect the content on all your networked home computers
  – Securely access your files when youre on another computer in your home or on the road
  – Securely share files with friends and family around the globe
  – Create a centralized, always-accessible library of your households digital media
  – Play videos and music and view photos on digital entertainment devices throughout your home
  – Have a network storage solution that is easy to install and use

Requirements:

  – Wired or wireless router with an available 10/100/1000 Ethernet port
  – Internet connection (for system updates and web access)
  – UPnP AV 1.0 certified Digital Media Adapter (if media streaming is desired)

Mac:
  – Mac OS X 10.4.11 or later
  – Safari 3.1 or later
  – 128MB RAM

PC:
  – Pentium III, 500MHz equivalent processor or higher
  – Microsoft Windows XP or Vista
  – Internet Explorer 6.0 or later, or Firefox 2.X or later
(for management interface of or web access to Central Axis)
  – 128MB RAM