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Last Updated: Dec 16, 2004 
Gartner estimates the market for NAS will be growing by 27% over the next 3 years. With this projected growth, it seems that many of you in the storage industry will be asking "is NAS right for us?". Begin to answer that question ...
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(18 Jan 2002)

With an onslaught of new technologies, the definitions are becoming blurred between network-attached storage (NAS) and storage area networks (SANs). Regardless of semantics, both terms are the essential buzz words when referring to networked storage.

Click on the link above for our official NAS definition, or browse through these resources for more information:

  • Our Evaluating NAS Featured Topic contains a slew of information, resources, links and technical advice.
  • Browse through our NAS category of Best Web Links for more Web resources on network-attached storage.
  • Visit our Storage Networking Discussion Forum to share thoughts, opinions and advice with your peers.
  • Try to stump our NAS Experts with your specific questions.
  • Our weekly SAN/NAS technical tips are loaded with information to help you with deploying and managing your storage network.
  • If you have more of a SAN focus, watch the archive of a Live Expert Q&A online event with Marc Farley on "Requirements for path control in large storage networks."
  • Register to receive a free charter membership to the new monthly magazine, Storage, for more in-depth treatments on NAS, including past and present Microsoft/NAS issues, and what they could mean for NAS backups of your Exchange or SQL Server systems.


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NEWS:
>> Gateway to a new breed of storage (SearchStorage) 15 Jan 2002
>> NAS-cent, but growing (SearchStorage.com) 21 Jun 2000
LINKS:
>> Best Web Links-->Network Attached Storage (NAS)
>> Best Web Links-->Network Attached Storage (NAS)-->SAN/NAS Integration
>> Best Web Links-->SAN/NAS Integration
>> Best Web Links-->SAN/NAS Integration-->Network-attached storage (NAS) gateways
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