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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 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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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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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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Special Report: Direct-attached storage
Direct-attached storage (DAS) is thriving in the enterprise more than ever, and Exchange 2007 is the application leading the DAS revival. Tutorial
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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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Avere Systems gives NAS acceleration devices an edge
Avere Systems upgrades NAS acceleration software, adding more control over namespace and asynchronous replication for the cloud. News | 28 Mar 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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Nexsan spins its own NAS array, the E5000 platform
Nexsan Corp. comes up with its own NAS array, the E5000, with support for tiering software and solid-state caching to boost performance. News | 09 Aug 2011
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Oracle storage strategy: Make our apps run better
Oracle executives say their storage strategy is to sell storage systems that run their databases and other apps faster and more efficiently. News | 01 Jul 2011
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HP upgrades EVA midrange SAN array, launches virtualization bundles
HP launches long-awaited EVA midrange SAN array upgrade; adds integrated storage-server-networking stacks to take on EMC Vblock; rolls out new Windows-based NAS. News | 06 Jun 2011
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Iomega’s PX Series SMB NAS devices support SSDs, 3 TB drives
Iomega released its PX Series of desktop and rackmount SMB NAS devices with SSD support, swappable drives, trusted domains, and server virtualization platform certification. News | 04 May 2011
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Avere adds global namespace to NAS accelerator appliances
Global namespace in the Avere Operating System 2.0 for its FXT Series lets customers facilitate end-to-end management of unstructured data across NAS filers Article | 15 Mar 2011
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Alacritech packages SSD, offload into NAS acceleration device
Alacritech expands TCP/IP offload engine (TOE) technology to speed NFS transactions, accelerate NAS performance with solid-state drive (SSD)-based ANX 1500 caching appliance. Article | 11 Jan 2011
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NetGear adds ReadyNAS Pro desktop SMB storage appliances
NetGear launches desktop appliances for remote office as part of its ReadyNAS SMB storage platform, along with replication software and cloud backup for data protection. Article | 05 Nov 2010
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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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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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network-attached storage (NAS)
Network-attached storage (NAS) is hard disk storage that is set up with its own network address rather than being attached to the department computer that is serving applications to a network's workstation users. By removing storage access and its ma... 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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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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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
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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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Avere Systems gives NAS acceleration devices an edge
Avere Systems upgrades NAS acceleration software, adding more control over namespace and asynchronous replication for the cloud. News
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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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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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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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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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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.