These days, companies are forced to deal with an ever-increasing amount of unstructured, file-based data that's demanding more storage capacity. Because network attached storage (NAS) is file-based (rather than block-based) storage, it is particularly suited for storing this type of data. Also, NAS can be used on its own or in conjunction with a SAN, which is attractive to many organizations. Tony Asaro, senior analyst with Enterprise Strategy Group, offers answers to the most common NAS questions he hears in the field.
Tony's answers to all of these NAS questions are also available as an MP3 file to download.
