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NAS systems evolve to cope with unstructured data growth
NAS systems ranging from scale-out NAS products to open source NAS to cloud NAS are evolving to deal with unstructured data growth, as well as new levels of performance and scalability demands. Feature
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Using clustered network-attached storage (NAS) to manage unstructured data
Marc Staimer, president of Dragon Slayer Consulting, discusses the pros and cons of clustered NAS and the various clustered NAS vendors. His answers are also available as an MP3. FAQ
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Video: Enterprise Scalable NAS
Jeff Day, Marketing Manager from HP's StorageWorks division discusses why users should consider scalable NAS -- a next generation NAS technology. In this video, Jeff talks about what's driving the need for this new architecture, why it supersedes old... Videos
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NAS appliance purchase considerations
NAS appliances are frequently touted for bringing convenience and simplicity to network storage. Appliances include their own dedicated disks for storage and RAID, and most NAS appliances can be upgraded with more or larger disks for additional stora... Buying Guide
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Three ways to create clustered storage, page 3
Clustered storage systems run on storage servers, NAS gateways and hosts. Here's how to determine which clustered file-system architecture is best for your needs and storage environment. Tech Report
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Three ways to create clustered storage
Clustered storage systems run on storage servers, NAS gateways and hosts. Here's how to determine which clustered file-system architecture is best for your needs and storage environment. Tech Report
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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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UCLA scientists tame file data storage growth with scale-out NAS, pNFS
To deal with its file data storage needs, UCLA's Institute for Digital Research and Education bought BlueArc Titans to boost performance and Panasas ActiveStor to tackle bandwidth. News | 23 Jan 2012
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"Puss in Boots" expands DreamWorks' NAS cluster
Making animated movies is storage-intensive work – DreamWorks has 6 PB of capacity, including 1 PB on scale-out NAS cluster for rendering. News | 07 Nov 2011
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Avere FXT clustered NAS appliances render aid to visual effects firm
Visual effects firm Whiskytree turned to Avere FXT clustered NAS appliances to solve scaling limitations of its Apple Xsan storage system. News | 03 Aug 2011
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IBM GPFS, SSD combo shows promise for file management
IBM GPFS scan using Violin Memory solid-state arrays shows the effect solid-state drives (SSDs) and parallel processing can have on data storage performance. News | 25 Jul 2011
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Panasas ActiveStor 11 aims clustered NAS at private storage clouds
Panasas launches ActiveStor 11, a clustered NAS system with multi-tenancy and chargeback features for private storage clouds. News | 20 Jun 2011
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Dell execs talk scale-out NAS, data reduction, 3PAR, EMC
Dell storage chief Darren Thomas and other Dell execs discuss the company’s storage strategy, with plans for scale-out NAS, data optimization and where Compellent fits in the mix. News | 08 Jun 2011
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Dell turns EqualLogic into multiprotocol storage with clustered NAS
Dell adds Exanet file system into EqualLogic iSCSI SAN through new FS7500 appliance that turns EqualLogic into multiprotocol storage but requires adding a separate box. News | 07 Jun 2011
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Isilon clustered NAS customers talk big data challenges at EMC World
Big data implementations could run into the petabytes and grow by terabytes a day, often requiring clustered NAS, analytics and possibly the cloud to manage. News | 12 May 2011
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Dell adds clustered NAS to PowerVault for 'unified' storage
Dell begins integration of its Exanet clustered NAS technology with its PowerVault SMB product—but does the NAS-iSCSI offering qualify as unified storage? News | 14 Apr 2011
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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 in the market and their products. 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 network-attached storage (clustered NAS)
A clustered NAS system is a distributed file system that runs concurrently on multiple NAS nodes. Word
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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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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 in the market and their products. Tip
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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
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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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UCLA scientists tame file data storage growth with scale-out NAS, pNFS
To deal with its file data storage needs, UCLA's Institute for Digital Research and Education bought BlueArc Titans to boost performance and Panasas ActiveStor to tackle bandwidth. News
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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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"Puss in Boots" expands DreamWorks' NAS cluster
Making animated movies is storage-intensive work – DreamWorks has 6 PB of capacity, including 1 PB on scale-out NAS cluster for rendering. News
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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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Avere FXT clustered NAS appliances render aid to visual effects firm
Visual effects firm Whiskytree turned to Avere FXT clustered NAS appliances to solve scaling limitations of its Apple Xsan storage system. 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.