NAS management

MUST READ Introduction to network attached storage (NAS) ARTICLE - Network attached storage (NAS) offers accessibility and performance that falls between server storage and SAN storage. NAS survey: Top NAS hardware on the market TIP - Our survey reveals the top NAS hardware products, according to storage professionals at enterprise organizations. NAS Upgrades ALL-IN-ONE BUYING GUIDES - This guide provides readers with purchasing insights into NAS appliances, management software, and gateways, and highlights the specifications of key vendors in each chapter.

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	Sun repackages open storage NAS products SearchStorage.com | 10 Nov 2008 ARTICLE - Sun's 7000 series of NAS appliances adds management features and a GUI, and is meant to broaden the appeal of storage based on open source software and commodity hardware.

	Attune file virtualization software reports on Windows NAS performance SearchStorage.com | 28 Oct 2008 ARTICLE - Attune releases a capacity utilization and performance monitoring tool in hopes of jumpstarting a lackluster file virtualization market in tight economic times.

	Storwize claims updated data compression app improves throughput performance SearchStorage.com | 20 Oct 2008 ARTICLE - Primary storage data compression startup StorWize claims updates to its software algorithms make its appliance faster and boosts its data reduction ratio.

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EXPERT TECHNICAL ADVICE: 1 - 3 of 335

	What you need to know before implementing NAS clusters 06 May 2008 TIP - Before a storage manager can deploy a clustered NAS solution, they need to know what questions to ask.

	How to create an RFP for NAS 23 Apr 2008 TIP - Creating an RFP will help you boil your NAS vendor choices down to a manageable few. And your NAS RFP should include one technology: thin provisioning.

	Learn all about NAS Submitted By: Tory Skyers | 23 Apr 2008 DATA STORAGE HANDBOOK - Storage can be added to a LAN via dedicated disk-based storage units called NAS devices. In this handbook you'll learn how to connect NAS systems and how to deploy them.

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	Network attached storage quiz SearchStorage.com | 05 Sep 2008 QUIZ - Think you know network attached storage? Take our quick quiz and see how you measure up on our NAS geek-o-meter. How many can you guess without peeking?

	How to purchase NAS products for storage consolidation Stephen J. Bigelow, Features Writer | 18 Feb 2008 BUYING GUIDE - NAS is so easy to install and manage that NAS sprawl is a common problem. Learn how to purchase NAS appliances with an eye toward NAS storage consolidation.

	High-performance NAS Special Report 25 Jan 2008 SPECIAL REPORTS - A new generation of high-performance NAS systems promises to overcome past limitations, bringing SAN-type features and capabilities to file-based storage.

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WHITE PAPERS

	Ocarina Networks Addresses the Need for More Efficient Way to Store Data Published by: Ocarina Networks | 13 Nov 2008 WHITE PAPER - Ocarina Optimizer is an appliance that runs the optimization algorithms, it resides in the network, out-of-band, and performance optimization as a post process unlike deduplication.

	Top 5 Data Migration Tools Published by: Channel Media Group | 11 Nov 2008 WHITE PAPER - Get a quick review of the top 5 data migration tools in the market.

	Backup and Recovery: A Guide for the Law Firm technical decision maker Published by: i365, A Seagate Company | 11 Nov 2008 WHITE PAPER - EVault Software is a highly comprehensive backup and recovery platform that provides law firms with the building blocks for successful data protection-from high performance and efficiency to ease of use, flexibility and scalability.

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	Podcast: Clustered NAS emerges to address high-performace needs - Expert Podcast DOWNLOAD PODCAST PREMIERED:   25 JAN 2008, 12:00 EST (17:00, GMT) SUMMARY:   Robin Harris, senior analyst with the Data Mobility Group, and Andrew Burton, features editor of SearchStorage.com discuss clustered NAS in this Q&A.

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DEFINITIONS: 1 - 3 of 7

	network-attached storage 30 Apr 2003 WORD - 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 ...

	file virtualization 25 Jun 2007 WORD - File virtualization is the creation of an abstraction layer between file servers and the clients that access those file servers. Once deployed, the file virtualization layer manages files and file systems across servers, ...

	unified storage 20 Dec 2006 WORD - 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 ...

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	Ask the Experts: NFS vs. CIFS Storage Magazine | 12 Sep 2008 TOOLS, TRENDS & ANALYSIS -

	New life for NAS Storage Magazine | 12 Sep 2008 TOOLS, TRENDS & ANALYSIS -

	Ask the Experts: Tape media failure Storage Magazine | 11 Aug 2008 TOOLS, TRENDS & ANALYSIS - Is there a way to anticipate tape media failures?

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	SEE ALSO - Topics Related to NAS management:  NAS hardware, NAS or file virtualization, Clustered NAS