Hardening your GigaStor
Based on your organization’s requirements, in addition to the default security settings, you may need to change various options on the GigaStor, especially for the operating system. This is sometimes called “hardening” the system.
We recommend that you stay current with the Windows Updates and patch your system accordingly. Using common sense, as well as not disabling the default Windows security options, should keep your GigaStor safe from most issues.
To successfully use your GigaStor in a production environment, we recommend the following items. Any processes beyond these will be at your organization’s discretion.
♦Areca Services (RAID controller). The RAID controller is responsible for writing packet capture data to disk. See .
♦Observer/Apache Web Services. The Apache Web Service is used to serve reports for Observer Apex or Apex Lite.
♦Remote Desktop (RDP). This may be turned off, if desired.