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Gridstore Inc. GS-1000 Scale-out NAS Storage System
The Gridstore GS-1000 Scale-out NAS Storage System uses a Virtualized Storage Controller architecture to distribute a virtual controller to each client connecting to the storage. 2011 Products of the Year
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NAS technologies: Vendor landscape
An overview of NAS technologies to help organizations make the decision between scale-up and scale-out network-attached storage. Feature
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Scale-up vs. scale-out network-attached storage
An overview of use cases and products to help organizations make the decision between scale-up and scale-out network-attached storage. Tutorial
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NAS options: Pros and cons of scale-out and scale-up
When considering your NAS options, take a look at the pros and cons of traditional scale-up vs. scale-out systems for storing file data. Feature
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Scale-out storage options boost capacity, I/O performance
Learn about scale-out storage options: why IT shops are implementing scale-out NAS and how scale-out NAS helps with primary storage. Tutorial
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Scale-out NAS, object storage, cloud gateways replacing traditional NAS
Scale-out NAS systems, object storage and cloud gateways are replacing file storage as IT companies face a plethora of unstructured data in their data storage environments. Feature
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Isilon scale-out NAS helps production company manage 250 TB
Isilon scale-out NAS helps NY-based creative production company meet the demanding data storage needs of media, entertainment and retail customers. Feature
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Network-attached storage (NAS) basics: A quiz for beginners
In our quiz on network-attached storage basics, learn the most important NAS terms, and the difference between NAS filers, appliances and more. Quiz
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Exablox unveils OneBlox object-based NAS
Startup Exablox claims its object storage OneBlox can simplify scale-out NAS for small companies with a ring architecture, built-in dedupe and CDP. News | 25 Apr 2013
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NetApp's Kidd sees cloud, flash as most prominent data storage trends
NetApp CTO Jay Kidd sees flash, cloud and clustered storage joining virtualization as the most prominent data storage trends for 2013. News | 18 Dec 2012
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Long-delayed pNFS could be viable option next year, as support expands
Next year, pNFS could become a viable option for HPC, big data and the cloud, as support expands in storage and server operating systems. News | 26 Nov 2012
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Parallel NFS suffers delays due to Linux client work, 'monster' spec
A work in progress for more than eight years, parallel NFS is trying to overcome numerous product delays and issues with slow Linux client support. News | 21 Nov 2012
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DataDirect Networks adds hybrid scale-out storage for 'big data'
DataDirect Networks' latest scale-out storage system is its first hybrid flash array; SFA7700 also has caching suite to optimize flash performance. News | 12 Nov 2012
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Overland offers scale-up, scale-out architecture with SnapScale NAS
Overland Storage combines its MaxiScale and Snap technologies into its first scale-up and scale-out architecture, the SnapScale X2. News | 17 Oct 2012
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Dell FS8600 adds unified storage for Compellent SAN
Dell FS8600 adds Fluid File System (FluidFS) device that turns the Compellent SAN into unified storage, and prepares to add primary deduplication. News | 05 Oct 2012
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SGI adopts hybrid storage for clustered NAS
SGI NAS uses hybrid storage with DRAM, solid-state drives and hard drives, ZFS, and SGI caching and management software in scale-out clusters. News | 11 Apr 2012
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Firms pleased with Red Hat, Gluster as storage investment increases
Pleased with the Red Hat, Gluster deal, IT shops looking for software-based storage praise their new products. News | 02 Apr 2012
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EMC Isilon aims to make Hadoop storage ready for enterprise
EMC Isilon wants to make Hadoop storage an enterprise play; the company's latest release natively supports HDFS on Isilon’s OneFS OS. News | 31 Jan 2012
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Scale-out network-attached storage: Options in today’s market
Scale-out NAS systems are gaining interest due to rapid growth of file data and “big data” analytics. Here’s a look at the scale-out NAS vendors. Tip
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Scale-out network-attached storage: What you need to know
Scale-out NAS is replacing traditional network-attached storage. In this guide, you’ll find out how to stay ahead of this emerging technology trend. Tip
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Ancestry.com adopts Isilon, BlueArc scale-out network-attached storage
With billions of records requiring PBs of capacity, Ancestry.com turns to scale-out network-attached storage that exceeds limits of traditional NAS. Tip
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Using storage clustering in disaster recovery environments
Learn how to leverage clustered storage in your DR environment. Tip
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Clustered NAS: How to choose the right clustered NAS system
Finding the right clustered NAS (or scale-out NAS) system means knowing your storage needs. Learn the questions to ask when evaluating your requirements and the latest offerings. Tip
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Improve NAS management with private storage clouds and grid storage
We look at some of the pain points resulting from NAS system proliferation and how private storage clouds or grid storage systems can improve NAS management. Tip
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Clustered NAS systems can ease NAS management
Find out about clustered NAS systems vendors and products. We also list the advantages and disadvantages of using clustered NAS systems to ease NAS management. Tip
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Network-attached storage clusters for virtualized environments
Learn about the network considerations for NAS clusters in a virtualized environment, and whether a build or buy approach is right for your organization Tip
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Clustered storage essentials: What to ask your vendor
Here are eight esstential questions to ask your clustered stoage vendor. . Tip
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Clustered NAS gaining in popularity
While clustered storage is often associated with high performance computing, the reality is that mainstream commercial environments are adopting clustered storage, particularly clustered NAS servers, at a rapid rate. These businesses are attracted by... Tip
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What is a clustered storage system?
Discover the differences between clustered storage systems, distributed computing systems and mainframe systems as they relate to enterprise data storage environments. Ask the Expert
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IBM's NAS products
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Cluster failover capabilities
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clustered storage
Clustered storage is the use of two or more storage servers working together to increase performance, capacity, or reliability. Clustering distributes work loads to each server, manages the transfer of workloads between servers, and provides access t... Definition
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pNFS (Parallel NFS)
The Parallel Network File System (pNFS) is part of the NFS v4.1 protocol that allows compute clients to access storage devices directly and in parallel. Definition
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Clustered network-attached storage (clustered NAS)
A clustered NAS system is a distributed file system that runs concurrently on multiple NAS nodes. Definition
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SAN and NAS storage trends include software-defined storage, flash
Forrester Research analyst Henry Baltazar predicts the top SAN and NAS storage trends over the next five years. Podcast
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Analysts discuss new Dell Fluid File System
The Dell Fluid File System is now integrated with the company's block-based Compellent array. Find out what three industry analysts have to say about this development. Video
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The changing face of scale-out network-attached storage
We explore the challenges associated with implementing scale-out network-attached storage, provide advice for firms considering scale-out NAS and discuss the cloud as a NAS tier. Podcast
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SAN and NAS storage trends include software-defined storage, flash
Forrester Research analyst Henry Baltazar predicts the top SAN and NAS storage trends over the next five years. Podcast
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Exablox unveils OneBlox object-based NAS
Startup Exablox claims its object storage OneBlox can simplify scale-out NAS for small companies with a ring architecture, built-in dedupe and CDP. News
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clustered storage
Clustered storage is the use of two or more storage servers working together to increase performance, capacity, or reliability. Clustering distributes work loads to each server, manages the transfer of workloads between servers, and provides access t... Definition
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pNFS (Parallel NFS)
The Parallel Network File System (pNFS) is part of the NFS v4.1 protocol that allows compute clients to access storage devices directly and in parallel. Definition
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NetApp's Kidd sees cloud, flash as most prominent data storage trends
NetApp CTO Jay Kidd sees flash, cloud and clustered storage joining virtualization as the most prominent data storage trends for 2013. News
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Long-delayed pNFS could be viable option next year, as support expands
Next year, pNFS could become a viable option for HPC, big data and the cloud, as support expands in storage and server operating systems. News
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Parallel NFS suffers delays due to Linux client work, 'monster' spec
A work in progress for more than eight years, parallel NFS is trying to overcome numerous product delays and issues with slow Linux client support. News
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DataDirect Networks adds hybrid scale-out storage for 'big data'
DataDirect Networks' latest scale-out storage system is its first hybrid flash array; SFA7700 also has caching suite to optimize flash performance. News
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Overland offers scale-up, scale-out architecture with SnapScale NAS
Overland Storage combines its MaxiScale and Snap technologies into its first scale-up and scale-out architecture, the SnapScale X2. News
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Dell FS8600 adds unified storage for Compellent SAN
Dell FS8600 adds Fluid File System (FluidFS) device that turns the Compellent SAN into unified storage, and prepares to add primary deduplication. News
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About Clustered NAS
Businesses of all sizes are looking to clustered network attached storage (NAS) to overcome scalability issues and for the ability to distribute client connections to multiple heads.