Learning Guide: NAS |
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By Andrew Burton, Associate Editor
23 Jun 2005 | SearchStorage.com |
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If you want to learn more about NAS, this is the place. Whether you're setting up your first NAS box or you're an expert who wants to stay up to date on what's new in the NAS world, you'll find something of interest here. Check out our resources on NAS players and products, protocols, configuration, performance, backup and more.
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 NAS for dummies
NAS players/products
NAS trends
NAS protocols
NAS configuration
NAS management
NAS and backup
NAS performance
Need help getting up to speed on NAS technology? The best place to start is always at the beginning.
Expert tips:
How to use NAS gateways
Select the right NAS filer
Dueling SAN technologies: NAS vs. iSCSI
Expert Q&As:
What is a NAS gateway?
NAS vs. Windows file server
Suitable methods for attaching NAS
NAS gateway products for 2004
What value does NAS add to an organization?
Why a NAS gateway?
How difficult are gateways to manage?
How easy is it to implement a NAS gateway?
How easy is it to drop a NAS gateway into an existing SAN?
What are the different NAS solutions
CIFS and protocols
A NAS filer and a NAS file server are the same thing
Advice on how to choose the right NAS for you
Does NAS have what it takes for me?
The difference between IP storage and iSCSI
What is a NAS head
Storage magazine insider:
Best storage products of the year
Additional resources:
What is NAS?
Webcast -- Where NAS makes sense
Storage Networking discussion forum
Stay on top of the game by knowing who the market movers and shakers are in the world of storage.
Expert tips:
NAS -- different products for different market segments
Expert Q&As:
NAS benchmarks
NAS gateway products for 2004
Taking a look at product features
Looking for feedback on the new EMC NS600 NAS box
Creating a centralized, mirrored backup environment
Working up a competitive analysis is a good thing
Choosing the right NAS support services
Storage magazine insider:
File services frenzy
SunStorEdge 3310 NAS
File server with 200 GB drives
Best storage products of the year
NetApp opens up software
Snap hints at next-gen NAS
Roll your own NAS
Facelifts for many midrange NAS boxes
Addition resources:
Tech Roundup: NAS
Best Web Links -- Product Quick Takes
Sound off discussion forum
Be ahead of the game when it comes to what's in store for NAS. Find out what's up with NAS gateways, virtualization, convergence and next-gen NAS.
Expert tips:
Dueling SAN technologies: NAS vs. iSCSI
Spotlight on SAN/NAS convergence
Wireless NAS?
Storage simplified: NAS gains traction in the enterprise
Expert Q&As:
2004 NAS predictions
What is a NAS head
SAN, NAS come together at last
Storage magazine insider:
NAS news: Boom continues
NAS heads: Gatekeepers for enterprise storage
Survey says: Appetite for NAS calms to SAN levels
Hot Spots: Smart storage managers will keep an eye on the emerging consumer market for NAS appliances.
Exchange and NAS on again
IT says yes to NAS gateways
Startups have bigger, faster alternatives to traditional NAS
Low-end NAS is backup mainstay
Windows Storage Server 2003 debuts
NAS gateways make IT sweat
File virtualization tackles NAS management woes
NetApp opens up software
Snap hints at next-gen NAS
Roll your own NAS
Next-generation NAS
Additional resources:
Top 10 SAN/NAS trends of 2004
A new chapter in storage networking
Best Web Links -- Trends
Do you know your NAS protocols? Find out what they are and how they work.
Expert tips:
Where emerging technologies fit into the data center
How to roll your own NAS cluster
Expert Q&As:
Does Ethernet track requests sent to the server?
CIFS and protocols
Is it SMB or CIFS for NAS
Comparing NFS 2 and NFS 3 for secure authentication
Are there any reasons to migrate from NAS to iSCSI
The difference between IP storage and iSCSI
Choosing the right NAS support services
Storage magazine insider:
NAS nurtures iSCSI growth
WAN links gain speed
Next-generation NAS
Additional resources:
What is NDMP?
What is CIFS?
What is NFS?
What is TCP/IP?
What is NDMP
Webcast -- Deploying iSCSI
Before you go about trying to configure your NAS, check out what our experts have to say about NAS gateways, building your own NAS and where NAS might make sense for you.
Expert tips:
Checklist: Ten steps to troubleshooting SAN/NAS performance problems
How to roll your own NAS cluster
Using NAS for database storage
Wireless NAS?
Select the right NAS filer
SAN, NAS come together at last
How to roll your own NAS cluster
Expert Q&As:
Windows NAS advice
Is NAS right for our needs?
SAN and NAS (heads), together at last
The nitty-gritty differences between SAN and NAS architectures
IDE NAS solution for home network
Suitable methods for attaching NAS
How easy is it to drop a NAS gateway into an existing SAN?
Searching for a 200-host NAS solution
Trying to maximize throughput
Yes, NAS filers are reliable
Building your own NAS is not a good thing
IDE- vs. SCSI-based NAS
How NAS blades in director-class switches work
Creating a centralized, mirrored backup environment
Using a NAS to reduce admin tasks
Is it possible to implement a cluster with NAS technology?
What kinds of processors are used in NAS?
Storage magazine insider:
File server with 200 GB drives
IT says yes to NAS gateways
Startups have bigger, faster alternatives to traditional
NAS on a grand scale
Getting Exchange to work with NAS
Separate your storage from your servers and use NAS as an access app
Facelifts for many midrange NAS boxes
Additional resources:
NAS: Do you speak geek?
Webcast --Where NAS makes sense
What is configuration
Managing data is one of the hardest tasks in storage, but there is help at hand from our experts.
Expert tips:
For compliance, neither SAN nor NAS are a slam dunk
How to secure NFS to NAS devices
Spotlight on SAN/NAS convergence
NAS and gateways: Consideration for file storage
Consolidating NAS pays off
Let automation solve your storage headaches
Try NAS aggregation to ease admin woes
Expert Q&As
How do you defrag a hard drive on NAS?
NAS for multiple heterogeneous servers
NAS vs. Windows file server
Consolidate with NAS gateways
Why a NAS gateway?
How difficult are gateways to manage?
How easy is it to implement a NAS gateway?
Gateway management strategy
Working up a competitive analysis is a good thing
Choosing the right NAS support services
Are there any reasons to migrate from NAS to iSCSI
Storage magazine insider:
Chart a course for consolidation
Exchange and NAS on again
IT says yes to NAS gateways
Low-end NAS is backup mainstay
Consolidating NAS pays off
SAN/NAS convergence: proceed with caution
NAS on a grand scale
Storage managers grapple with Windows
Additional resources:
NAS buying tips: Common sense approach to buying NAS
Library of storage management tips
Storage Management discussion forum
NAS may not be your first thought for backup but yes, it is a viable solution.
Expert tips:
Using NAS for database storage
Next-generation NAS
Hospital's diagnosis: Replace the backup system
NAS gives hotel a vacation from backup headaches
Storage simplified: NAS gains traction in the enterprise
Expert Q&As:
NAS box data movers
NAS and disk-to-disk backup
SAN or NAS for data warehousing
Moving database from SAN to NAS
NAS: Back up to disk or tape?
Creating a centralized, mirrored backup environment
What is the best way to use a NAS filer for backup?
Working up a competitive analysis is a good thing
Storage magazine insider:
Low-end NAS is backup mainstay
NAS on a grand scale
Additional resources:
Backup School: Lesson six -- Protection from hardware loss
Backup and Recovery discussion forum
Don't over look the importance of calculating performance factors when it comes to evaluating NAS technology.
Expert tips:
Using NAS for database storage
NAS gateway gets two thumbs up from IT
A new tack
Expert Q&As:
Performance differences between EMC NS500 and NetApp FAS270
What's so great about block-level access? -- Randy Kerns
What's so great about block-level access? -- Greg Schulz
iSCSI and NAS performance issues
Try to maximize throughput
Creating a centralized, mirrored backup environment
What kinds of processors are used in NAS?
Storage magazine insider:
Getting Exchange to work
Much ado about NAS
Separate your storage from your servers and use NAS as an access app
Additional resources:
Building high performance SAN/NAS infrastructures
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