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Network-attached storage FAQ by EMC Corporation
Though network-attached storage (NAS) offers a number of benefits, it also presents some challenges. In this podcast, Ashish Nadkarni, Principal Consultant with...
Network-Attached Storage FAQ by EMC Corporation
Though network-attached storage (NAS) offers a number of benefits, it also presents some challenges. Ashish Nadkarni, Principal Consultant with GlassHouse...
FalconStor Opens Up an Entirely New Market for Themselves in Disk-to-Disk Backup by FalconStor Software
Group analyst report focusses on FalconStor Software's announcement of a file-interface deduplication system, a NAS interface option for their existing line of disk-to-disk (D2D) backup solutions. The report highlights Falconstor's strategy and...
Tiered Storage Best Practices for File Archiving by Hitachi Data Systems
availability and cost savings. How should you build out tiered storage for file archiving? Whether you're on a DAS, NAS or SAN, you must find out what your data storage options are, learn how to save money on hardware, and discover how you can realize rapid...
How To Cut Backup & DR Costs by InMage Systems
a fact of life. You have heterogeneous servers and storage. Servers can be physical and/or virtual, storage can be DAS, SAN, or NAS, and different applications can require a range of recovery capabilities. You're likely running multiple products to meet local...
Reducing Storage Complexity with Sun Unified Storage by Sun Microsystems, Inc.
IT organizations of all sizes are struggling to deal with the tremendous growth in data and the complexity of managing it all. The march of digital applications and the data they create continues at a rapid pace, even in today's...
Related SMB Tips
Manage heterogeneous NAS devices with virtualization By Randy Kerns
What you will learn from this tip: NAS virtualization is emerging to solve issues that have cropped up as NAS has moved into...
Feb 7, 2007
How to consolidate NAS boxes By Brian Peterson
By now, we all know that network-attached storage (NAS) provides benefits to organizations of all sizes. However, managing more than a few NAS devices...
Jun 2, 2008
Moving from DAS to NAS By Rick Cook
Although storage area network (SAN) and network-attached storage (NAS) technologies are gaining in popularity, direct-attached storage (DAS) is still the most common...
Jul 8, 2008
Data Storage Resource Center
iSCSI vs. Fibre Channel for SMBs by Howard Marks
Storage/Snap Server at the low end, to NetApp in the enterprise to build unified storage systems that support both iSCSI and NAS protocols.

Rather than having separate file servers and storage arrays, or a file server front ending a Fibre Channel SAN, you...

Nov 25, 2008
Ten ways you can make your data backups more secure by Kevin Beaver
center and your backups in one fell swoop.

However you choose to store your backups -- be it on tape, network-attached storage (NAS), or external drives -- be sure to control access to the room/car/house in which the backups stored. Handle your backup media as you...

Nov 10, 2008
Do you really need NAS? by Tory Skyers
no short, hard-and-fast rules. And this is the case when asking the question whether or not you need network-attached storage (NAS).

First, let's look at why an organization shouldn't introduce NAS. One of the primary reasons for not introducing NAS is...

Oct 21, 2008
MAID and other energy-saving storage technologies for SMBs by Daniel Dern
30 seconds.

Look for storage systems that spin down -- and even sleep -- when inactive, such as Netgear's network-attached storage (NAS) products. And, of course, turn off storage that isn't in use.

4. Tiered storage

Use lower power disk drives, e.g., small form-factor (SFF...

Sep 25, 2008
The pros and cons of thin provisioning by Mark Arnold
storage and the budgeting of hardware purchases.

Take a standard Windows file share, stored on a network-attached storage (NAS) device -- either a true NAS or on an area of a unified storage platform. You want to allocate sufficient space for immediate...

Sep 3, 2008