Western Digital Discounts SMB NAS, Pro Tech Support Bundle

By James Alan Miller September 3, 2012 4:50 PM

WD DX4000 NASDiscounted Sentinel DX4000 Small Office Storage server includes a year’s worth of Western Digital Guardian Pro support services for free.

Available in 8TB and 12TB configurations, Western Digital's Sentinel DX400 Storage Server is a network-attached storage (NAS) device that is currently on sale for $1,349.99 and $1,549.99, respectively--a discount of $100 from the usual asking price. 

Features of the DX4000 include:

  • 25 Microsoft backup and recovery licenses - Windows Storage Server 2008 R2 Essentials
  • Optimized Western Digital hard drives
  • Western Digital RAID Edition enterprise class drives
  • Intel Atom processor D525 (1M Cache, 1.8GHz) and 2GB of RAM
  • RAID 1 and RAID 5, with automatic RAID migration and capacity extension
  • 100% Active Directly Join support

According to Western Digital, Guardian Pro is for those that wish to maintain their own storage server but also want access to Western Digital Technical Support when needed. The DX4000/Guardian Pro bundle includes business hours technical support; hardware support and express parts replacement; and priority access to tech support through a dedicated support line for the duration of the one-year plan.


James Alan Miller is Managing Editor of Tom's IT Pro. He is a veteran technology journalist with over seventeen years of experience creating and developing magazine and online content. Founding editor of numerous business and enterprise computing sites at the internet.com network, James headed up the After Hours section at PC Magazine, as well as hardware and software sections of various Windows publications.

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