Sun StorageTek 5320 NAS Gateway

Features and Benefits

No Longer Orderable

This product has reached end-of-life and is no longer orderable. It is superceded by the next generation Sun Storage 7000 Unified Storage Systems.

Simplify mixed platform file sharing and keep your business data flowing, no matter how fast you grow. You'll appreciate its performance. At the same time, lower your total cost of ownership by installing easy to use, yet powerful capabilities where they're needed most: NAS file management and consolidation. Licenses included.


Key Benefits

  • Enables consolidation of file and block storage on your Sun SAN Array
  • Optional clustering active-active architecture enables high performance and high availability to help maintain the greatest levels of productivity
  • Enterprise-class features such as file system journaling, checkpointing, remote mirroring, antivirus, clustering, and system redundancy help keep your business running
  • iSCSI target support enables block-level data access over an IP-based Ethernet network
  • Integrated real-time antivirus scanning feature protects your data from computer viruses

Simple to set up, deploy and manage

Quick and easy setup saves time

The Sun StorageTek 5320 NAS Gateway is an easy platform to deploy and manage with its installation wizard. In about 15 minutes, these appliances go from power up to simple file sharing with no disruption to data environments. The Gateway Management Module provides front access LCD and keypad input, soft shutdown from the front panel, ability to set an IP address and stealth health monitoring – all designed for simplicity, ease of installation and management, saving time.

Policy-based storage saves time

Comprehensive quota support for user, group and default quotas define maximum usable storage capacity by individual user or groups/departments with soft and hard limits. This flexible, yet simple policy-based storage usage authorization helps to track changes and saves time.

Galaxy server saves money

The Galaxy server, integrated into the Sun StorageTek 5320 NAS Gateway, will save money from reduced power consumption.


Secure and safe environments

Minimize unauthorized access and viruses

The Sun StorageTek 5320 NAS Gateway closed operating system makes it more difficult to hack versus open architecture. It minimizes unauthorized access and viruses.

Improve security

Robust CIFS/Windows and NFS/UNIX security is supported. In addition, cross-protocol security mapping provides consistent security policies for objects created through one file system. Its simple, policy-based, multi-protocol security configuration and management saves time.

To protect data from computer viruses, the Sun StorageTek 5320 incorporates a real-time antivirus scanning feature. It scans all files for viruses in conjunction with Symantec AntiVirus Scan Engine.

Multi-protocol support saves time and money

Cross-protocol client support and management allows integrated consolidation of mixed operating environments, supporting data sharing between UNIX and Windows clients. Cross-protocol management simplifies common management for mixed operating environments, saving time. Other mapping and locking features of the Sun StorageTek 5320 Gateway provide increased and secure file sharing in multi-protocol environments.


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Extended & Upgraded Warranty Coverage

Customers can extend and upgrade their product warranty coverage with our SunSpectrum Support Services. Through these support offerings, Sun delivers proven expertise and consistent responsive quality service to help you achieve high availability within your IT infrastructure. Learn more about how you can extend and upgrade your warranty coverage with SunSpectrum Support Services.