While network-attached storage (NAS) provides many advantages for small-midsized businesses (SMB), it also presents many challenges. This topic section discusses strategies for addressing these challenges. Checkout this page for up-to-date news and how-to information about NAS clusters, hardware and appliances and management strategies.
Small businesses move to NAS and attract attention
SearchSMBStorage.com | 06 Nov 2008 ARTICLE - Companies at the small end of the SMB spectrum are starting to adpot NAS from vendors like Buffalo Technology, Western Digital, Seagate LLC, Netgear Inc., and Iomega.
EMC offers SMB and home office NAS appliance
SearchSMBstorage.com | 15 Oct 2008 ARTICLE - EMC's first product to come from its Iomega acquisition is a network storage appliance for SMBs and home offices that run EMC's LifeLine software.
Do you really need NAS?
21 Oct 2008 TIP - In this tip, Tory Skyers discusses the advantages and disadvantages of networked storage in an SMB environment.
Can you provide any tips for consolidating NAS boxes?
Submitted By: SearchSMBStorage.com | 14 Jul 2008 FAQ - Some of the things to look at would be to examine your data types and to consolidate it based on the different types of data stored on your file-sharing environments.
Small-midsized business NAS product evaluation
Logan G. Harbaugh | 14 Jul 2008 FEATURE - NAS is available in a wide variety of sizes, prices and levels of sophistication. This article compares and contrasts four very different NAS systems.
NAS FAQ
14 Jul 2008 FAQS - Ashish Nadkarni, consultant with GlassHouse Technologies, discusses the problems, solutions and best practices associated with effectively leveraging NAS in an SMB environment.
Network-attached storage quiz
SearchSMBStorage.com Editors | 01 Jul 2008 QUIZ - Think you know network-attached storage (NAS)? Take our quick quiz and test your NAS knowledge.
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