Windows
Northern Storage Suite is a software application that runs within Windows environments. It supports additional platforms but always from an installation within a Windows environment.
When managing a Windows storage infrastructure it is recommended that Northern Storage Suite be installed on each file server [physical or virtual] that will be managed. This is not a requirement, the software can work remotely towards Windows, but for optimal performance installation on each Windows host is recommended. More information is included in the Northern Storage Suite Deployment and Evaluation guides.
The specific hardware and operating system requirements for management of Windows environments are detailed below:
System Requirements
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