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Despite its limitations, DAS solutions still find role in data center
Despite limitations, DAS solutions still have a role in data centers, thanks to PCIe solid-state storage products and cloud computing requirements. Feature
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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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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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Network-attached storage (NAS) tutorial: Do you need a NAS gateway?
NAS gateways are more complicated and expensive than NAS filers. Learn if the investment in a NAS gateway in the right choice for your company. Tutorial
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NFS alternative meets Los Alamos National Laboratory's high-performance computing needs
Los Alamos National Laboratory uses IBM's GPFS, Lustre, and Panasas' ActiveStor and DirectFlow as alternative to NFS while testing the parallel NFS (pNFS) specification for high-performance computing needs. Case Study
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NFS Version 4.1 update: pNFS spec approved
NFS Version 4.1 (NFSv4.1) has been updated with the pNFS spec, and that means faster file service for data storage managers is on the horizon. Check out this three-part tutorial to find out now pNFS promises to improve file optimization. Tutorial
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NAS solutions: Trends at work in the NAS market
NAS solutions must adapt to market demands; learn about the role of clustered NAS, multiprotocol or unified storage, open source NAS, cloud NAS and 10 Gigabit Ethernet in the NAS market. Special Report
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NAS management improves with scale-out NAS, file virtualization and cloud storage services
NAS management can be difficult due to huge migrations and downtime. Learn how to control NAS sprawl with scale-out NAS, file virtualization and information classification tools, and cloud storage services. FAQ
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Hitachi NAS Platform adds primary deduplication
Hitachi Data Systems gives its HNAS product primary deduplication -- after years of tweaks to avoid performance impact. News | 03 May 2013
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Avere adds hybrid storage NAS accelerator
Avere Systems pushes out FXT 3800 hybrid storage NAS accelerators with DRAM, NVRAM, SSDs and hard drives to speed random I/O performance. News | 08 Apr 2013
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Architecture firm 'upgrades' to VNXe3150 entry-level storage
Architecture firm Kahler Slater switched from EMC CX3-20 midrange FC SAN to VNXe3150 entry-level storage, saving footprint and cost. News | 29 Nov 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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NetApp tucks in CacheIQ for NAS acceleration
NetApp picks up CacheIQ for its NAS acceleration and caching technology, looks to speed performance of its FAS unified storage arrays. News | 15 Nov 2012
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HP StoreVirtual replaces LeftHand, adds StoreEasy NAS
HP's StoreVirtual (previously LeftHand) SAN and StoreEasy NAS lines have been introduced, with FC connectivity and Windows Storage Server 2012. News | 01 Nov 2012
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Windows Storage Server 2012 adds enterprise-grade features
Microsoft added enterprise features to Windows Storage Server 2012, but experts say it's unlikely to result in enterprise demand for the OEM product. News | 30 Oct 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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New Panasas ActiveStor HPC storage system mixes SSDs with SATA drives
Panasas adds SSDs for metadata and small files to its ActiveStor 14 HPC storage system, and relies on hard drives for big data applications. News | 18 Sep 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 NAS storage devices in a virtualized server environment
Are NAS storage devices a fit for a virtual server environment? We list factors in choosing these devices, and explain their impact on your storage systems. Tip
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Choosing a midrange network-attached storage (NAS) system
Midrange network-attached storage (NAS) appliances can be an affordable solution for SMBs in today's do-more-with-less economic climate. Learn how to choose the NAS system that best fits your storage environment. Tip
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What you need to know before implementing NAS clusters
Now that we've examined the reasons why clustered NAS is getting more popular with storage managers and dispelled the biggest myths about clustered NAS, you're almost ready to deploy a clustered NAS solution. But first you have to know what questions... Tip
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Top considerations when buying a NAS array
Purchasing a NAS platform for your organization requires careful consideration. This article outlines the most important things to consider before making a decision. Tip
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Can a NAS filer work for your small business?
NAS filers are a good option for a small business or department that's not worried about expandability and has fairly simple storage management needs. 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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Don't let NAS consolidation impair performance
Learn how to avoid some common NAS upgrade mistakes. Tip
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Connecting a hard drive to NAS
Our NAS expert Randy Kerns answers this question, posed by one of our readers: "How would I take an ordinary hard drive and create a network attached storage (NAS) hard drive instead of buying an external hard drive?" Ask the Expert
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NICs in NAS systems
NAS expert Randy Kerns answers the question: "Is it typical, when using a NAS appliance, that a host/server would have 2xNICs installed?" Ask the Expert
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NAS vs. DAS
NAS expert Randy Kerns offers advice to a SearchStorage.com reader who is considering whether to use NAS or DAS. Ask the Expert
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NAS appliance vs. homegrown file server
NAS expert Randy Kerns outlines why he believes purchasing a vendor offering of a NAS product has advantages over rolling your own file server. Ask the Expert
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EMC Celerra: virtual file system vs. file system group?
A virtual file system allows you to consolidate multiple individual file systems within Celerra to a single namespace. File system groups are logical entities without the single namespace. Ask the Expert
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What is NAS gateway?
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NAS box data movers
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NAS benchmarks
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Hitachi Thunder 9585V vs. NetApp GF960?
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Windows NAS advice
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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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network-attached storage (NAS)
Network-attached storage (NAS) is a dedicated hard disk storage device that provides file-based data storage services to other devices on the network. Definition
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Windows Storage Server 2012
Microsoft Windows Storage Server 2012 (WSS 2012) is a platform for network-attached storage (NAS ) appliances and iSCSI storage systems. Definition
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NAS Appliance
NAS appliances are commodity hardware that includes their own dedicated storage disks and RAID that can easily scale as more capacity is needed. Definition
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unified storage (network unified storage or NUS)
Unified storage (sometimes termed network unified storage or NUS) is a storage system that makes it possible to run and manage files and applications from a single device. To this end, a unified storage system consolidates file-based and block-based ... Definition
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direct-attached storage (DAS)
Direct-attached storage (DAS) is computer storage that is directly attached to one computer or server and is not, without special support, directly accessible to other ones. Definition
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NAS accelerator
A NAS accelerator (network-attached storage accelerator) is a printed circuit card that offloads TCP/IP processing from a microprocessor. Definition
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Network File System (NFS)
Switching fabric is the combination of hardware and software that moves data coming in to a network node out by the correct port (door) to the next node in the network. Definition
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Storage Radio: HP rebrands LeftHand storage
In our latest Storage Radio podcast, SearchStorage.com editors talk about HP's decision to rebrand its LeftHand storage arrays. Podcast
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Expert video: Scale-up vs. scale-out storage explained
In this video from Storage Decisions 2012, Evaluator Group senior analyst Randy Kerns discusses scale-up vs. scale-out storage adoption and usage. Video
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Week in review podcast: Avere upgrades, EVault guarantees; more news
Listen to the Storage Media Group news headlines: Avere announces AOS 3.0, EVault ‘guarantees’ four-hour customer data restores, and more. Podcast
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Hitachi NAS Platform adds primary deduplication
Hitachi Data Systems gives its HNAS product primary deduplication -- after years of tweaks to avoid performance impact. News
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Avere adds hybrid storage NAS accelerator
Avere Systems pushes out FXT 3800 hybrid storage NAS accelerators with DRAM, NVRAM, SSDs and hard drives to speed random I/O performance. News
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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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network-attached storage (NAS)
Network-attached storage (NAS) is a dedicated hard disk storage device that provides file-based data storage services to other devices on the network. Definition
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Windows Storage Server 2012
Microsoft Windows Storage Server 2012 (WSS 2012) is a platform for network-attached storage (NAS ) appliances and iSCSI storage systems. Definition
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Architecture firm 'upgrades' to VNXe3150 entry-level storage
Architecture firm Kahler Slater switched from EMC CX3-20 midrange FC SAN to VNXe3150 entry-level storage, saving footprint and cost. 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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NetApp tucks in CacheIQ for NAS acceleration
NetApp picks up CacheIQ for its NAS acceleration and caching technology, looks to speed performance of its FAS unified storage arrays. News
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Storage Radio: HP rebrands LeftHand storage
In our latest Storage Radio podcast, SearchStorage.com editors talk about HP's decision to rebrand its LeftHand storage arrays. Podcast
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About NAS hardware
NAS appliances bring simplicity to file management and network storage. NAS appliances include their own dedicated disks for storage and RAID. NAS appliances can be upgraded with more or larger disks for additional storage space. It's easy to add NAS appliances to the storage environment, so easy that NAS sprawl may become a problem.