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ALSO CALLED: Storage Network, Network Attached Storage DEFINITION: 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 management from the department server, both application programming and files can be served faster because they are not competing for the same processor … Definition continues below.
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Five Ways to Optimize Offsite Storage and Business Continuity: A WAN Optimization Primer for Storage Professionals sponsored by Silver Peak WHITE PAPER: Supported by results from specific case studies, this whitepaper shows how you can finally meet your recovery objectives, provide seamless failover between multiple sites, improve remote application performance, and lower your ongoing bandwidth costs. Posted: 03 Feb 2012 \| Published: 03 Feb 2012 TOPICS: Backups \| Bandwidth Management \| Data Storage \| Disaster Recovery \| Disaster Recovery Planning for Virtual Environments \| NAS \| Network Management \| Network Performance \| Networking \| Remote Offices \| RPO \| WAN

Planning for Your Storage Needs in a Virtualized Environment sponsored by Dell and VMware WHITE PAPER: As SMBs continue to rapidly virtualize their data centers, they must keep in mind the effect of virtualization on storage. In this white paper, discover how to evaluate and plan for storage needs in a virtual environment. Posted: 25 Jan 2012 \| Published: 25 Jan 2012 TOPICS: DAS \| NAS \| SAN and Virtualization \| Server Virtualization \| Storage for Virtualized Servers \| Storage Infrastructure \| Storage Management \| Storage Optimization \| Storage Strategy for Virtual Data Centers

Data Sheet: File Migration for Windows and NetApp sponsored by Peer Software WHITE PAPER: This white paper introduces a new data migration solution designed specifically to ensure a smooth transition when bringing new storage online. In this paper, you'll learn today's best practices and key questions to consider before implementing new storage, and discover how this emerging migration solution can help your organization. Posted: 24 Jan 2012 \| Published: 24 Jan 2012 TOPICS: Backups \| Data Center Management \| Data Migration \| Data Recovery \| Data Security \| Data Storage \| NAS \| SAN \| Storage Hardware \| Storage Infrastructure

NAS Modernization: Oracle Sun ZFS Storage Appliance sponsored by Oracle Corporation WHITE PAPER: In this IT Briefing, introduced by independent enterprise storage expert Stephen Foskett and Oracle’s Group Manager for NAS Storage Product Management Alex North, talk about the current state of NAS storage, and point out specific technologies that Oracle is leveraging in its new ZFS NAS platform. View now to learn more. Posted: 06 Jan 2012 \| Published: 06 Jan 2012 TOPICS: NAS \| NAS Software \| SAN \| SAN and Virtualization \| Storage Capacity \| Storage Controllers \| Storage for File Virtualization/NAS Virtualization \| Storage Management \| Storage Management Services \| Storage Management Software

Oracle Magazine: Storage from A to ZFS sponsored by Oracle Corporation WHITE PAPER: Storage infrastructures grow as the demand for information grows, but strategic storage solutions, from tape libraries to flash and disk arrays to unified storage solutions, can simplify the essential tasks of storing and managing enterprise data. Posted: 07 Dec 2011 \| Published: 07 Dec 2011 TOPICS: Data Migration \| NAS \| NAS Software \| Oracle (Product) \| Storage Capacity \| Storage for File Virtualization/NAS Virtualization \| Storage Provisioning \| Storage Replication \| Storage Strategy for Virtual Data Centers \| Storage Virtualization \| Tiered Storage

Storage Switzerland Briefing Report: Coraid EtherDrive SRX-Series Storage Systems - Ethernet SAN Arrives in the Enterprise sponsored by Coraid WHITE PAPER: This white paper from storage expert George Crump introduces a new category of Ethernet SAN solutions that can deliver an unprecedented price-performance ratio while maintaining easy installation and simplified management. Read on to learn more about this technology and its benefits. Posted: 07 Dec 2011 \| Published: 07 Dec 2011 TOPICS: Fibre Channel SAN \| IP SAN \| iSCSI SAN \| NAS \| SAN \| Storage Hardware \| Storage Infrastructure \| Storage Management \| Storage Virtualization

Oracle Pillar Axiom 600 SAN Storage: System Overview and Architecture sponsored by Oracle Corporation WHITE PAPER: Oracle’s Pillar Axiom 600 storage system delivers unmatched capacity utilization, ease of use and an integrated dynamic management of I/O prioritization to make sure critical applications perform optimally under any load condition. Read this white paper to learn more. Posted: 05 Dec 2011 \| Published: 05 Dec 2011 TOPICS: NAS \| NAS Software \| SAN \| SAN and Virtualization \| Solid State Disks \| Storage Best Practices \| Storage Capacity \| Storage Optimization

Delivering Storage Quality of Service with Oracle Pillar Axiom 600 sponsored by Oracle Corporation WHITE PAPER: The Pillar Axiom 600 system delivers business-critical, deterministic Quality of Service consistent with the business value of the application and its data. It eliminates the requirement to overbuy and under-utilize storage to buffer against application interference in a multi-tenancy shared storage system. Read this white paper to learn more. Posted: 02 Dec 2011 \| Published: 02 Dec 2011 TOPICS: NAS \| NAS Software \| Quality Control Standards \| SAN \| SAN and Virtualization \| Storage Best Practices \| Storage Capacity \| Storage Consolidation \| Storage Optimization

Web Object Scaler: Intelligent, Object-based Cloud Storage sponsored by DataDirect Networks WHITE PAPER: The DDN Web Object Scaler (WOS) is a revolutionary object-based, cloud storage system that addresses the needs of content scale-out and global distribution. Read this white paper to learn more. Posted: 01 Dec 2011 \| Published: 01 Dec 2011 TOPICS: Cloud Archive \| Cloud Backup \| Cloud Storage \| Cloud Storage Strategy \| NAS \| Private Cloud \| Scalability Testing

Enhance Virtualization With Multi-Port Server Adapters sponsored by Dell, Inc. and Intel WHITE PAPER: Intel Ethernet controllers and network adapters are optimized to meet the needs of virtualized data centers. Read this whitepaper to learn more about Multi-Port Intel Ethernet Server Adapters and how they can help you optimize server virtualization. Posted: 30 Nov 2011 \| Published: 30 Nov 2011 TOPICS: 10 Gigabit Ethernet \| Disaster Recovery \| Disaster Recovery Planning for Virtual Environments \| Ethernet Adapters \| Ethernet Networks \| NAS \| Network Infrastructure \| Network Management \| ROI \| SAN \| SAN and Virtualization \| Server Virtualization \| TCO \| Virtual Machine \| VM

Implementing a unified networking fabric in virtualized data centers sponsored by Dell, Inc. and Intel WHITE PAPER: IT organizations have the ability to simplify data center connectivity and reduce costs if they consolidate LAN, NAS, iSCI SAN, and Fibre Channel SAN traffic onto a single 10 Gigabit Ethernet wire. Posted: 29 Nov 2011 \| Published: 29 Nov 2011 TOPICS: 10 Gigabit Ethernet \| Converged Networks \| Fibre Channel \| Fibre Channel SAN \| iSCSI SAN \| LAN \| NAS \| Network Architectures \| Network Capacity \| Network Convergence \| Network Design \| Network Infrastructure \| Network Management \| Network Traffic Management \| Networking \| Networking Hardware \| VMware

Protecting Vital Business Interests with a Simplified Storage Solution sponsored by Dell, Inc. WHITE PAPER: Data growth and regulatory requirements have made backup, recovery, and archiving critical aspects of enterprise operations. Dell Services experts can assess how effectively an information infrastructure is getting the job done and deploy integrated, best-of-breed storage solutions to help ensure the safety and recoverability of critical data. Posted: 15 Nov 2011 \| Published: 15 Nov 2011 TOPICS: Backup for Virtualized Servers \| Backups \| Compliance Best Practices \| NAS \| SAN \| SAN and Virtualization \| Storage Capacity \| Storage Optimization \| Storage Provisioning \| Storage Replication

Controlled Explosion sponsored by Dell, Inc. WHITE PAPER: Storing and managing ever-increasing amount of data presents a formidable business challenge. Midsized companies are particularly challenged, because they typically lack the resources to handle the deluge. You can’t stop the massivegrowth in data, but you can doa better job of managing it. Posted: 14 Nov 2011 \| Published: 14 Nov 2011 TOPICS: Cloud Storage \| Data Deduplication \| Disaster Recovery \| Disaster Recovery Planning for Virtual Environments \| iSCSI SAN \| NAS \| SAN \| SAN and Virtualization \| Storage Capacity

Minnesota Wild Names Dell Compellent SAN "Most Valuable Player" sponsored by Dell Compellent WHITE PAPER: The Minnesota Wild’s six-month old iSCSI storage solution could no longer keep up with the growing data needs of concession vendors. Read this white paper to learn how the Wild successfully implemented Fluid Data technology to solve the problem. Posted: 09 Sep 2011 \| Published: 09 Sep 2011 TOPICS: Backup for Virtualized Servers \| Capacity Planning \| Disaster Recovery \| Disaster Recovery Planning for Virtual Environments \| iSCSI SAN \| NAS \| NAS Software \| SAN \| SAN and Virtualization \| Storage for File Virtualization/NAS Virtualization \| Storage Strategy for Virtual Data Centers

Info Tech: Select a Consolidated Storage Platform sponsored by Dell Compellent WHITE PAPER: Consolidated network storage is a strategic enabler that forms the foundation for server consolidation and a unified approach to data and system availability and recovery. It also increases efficient use of storage resources through the elimination of waste and effort duplication. Read on to learn more. Posted: 02 Aug 2011 \| Published: 02 Aug 2011 TOPICS: Data Storage \| NAS \| Private Cloud \| SAN \| Server Consolidation \| Server Virtualization \| Storage Consolidation \| Storage Infrastructure \| Storage Management

How to Build an IAAS Cloud sponsored by GlassHouse Technologies (UK) Ltd. WHITE PAPER: Can you build your own internal cloud? Or even better, can you transition your existing environment to an internal cloud model? At first blush, this may seem like a herculean task, but in reality it is a matter of following a few simple rules, adopting a few disciplines, and finding some good tools. Posted: 02 Aug 2011 \| Published: 02 Aug 2011 TOPICS: CIOs \| Cloud Computing \| Cloud Storage \| NAS \| Private cloud computing \| SLA \| Storage Infrastructure \| Storage Virtualization

Acronis Backup and Recovery: Next Generation Physical, Virtual, Cloud Backup, Disaster Recovery, and Data Protection Solution from Acronis sponsored by Acronis NEMEA WHITE PAPER: Acronis Backup & Recovery 11 provides comprehensive Physical, Virtual, and Cloud environment backup,recovery and data protection in a common framework using the same management and implementation interface across all environments. Posted: 05 Jul 2011 \| Published: 05 Jul 2011 TOPICS: Backups \| Cloud Backup \| Data Deduplication \| Disaster Recovery \| Disk Storage Systems \| NAS \| SAN \| Virtual Machine Backups

Realizing the Value of Virtual Scale-Out NAS sponsored by HP and Intel WHITE PAPER: This paper documents the file storage challenges users face and how the HP StorageWorks X9000 systems help organizations address and overcome storage performance, density, management, cost, and deployment issues. Posted: 14 Jun 2011 \| Published: 14 Jun 2011 TOPICS: NAS \| NAS Software \| Storage Architectures \| Storage for File Virtualization/NAS Virtualization \| Storage Management \| Storage Virtualization

Your Complete Solution to Store, Manage, and Archive Unstructured Data sponsored by Dell, Inc. WHITE PAPER: This brief whitepaper discusses how Dell and Symantec have teamed up to provide a comprehensive solution for your organization's archiving needs. Read on to see how Dell's DX Object Storage Platform and Symantec's Enterprise Vault can provide your organization with a centralized, integrated content archiving solution. Posted: 04 May 2011 \| Published: 04 May 2011 TOPICS: Data Center Infrastructure Efficiency \| Data Center Management \| NAS \| Storage Appliances \| Storage Architectures \| Storage Management \| Storage Management Services

Archive TCO: Five-Year TCO Comparing Dell DX to Tape and NAS for Long Term Archive sponsored by Dell, Inc. WHITE PAPER: This paper will compare the projected five-year cost of ownership of the Dell DX platform against tape and network attached storage alternatives, and will examine many of the other important considerations that must go into any smart archiving platform purchasing decision. Posted: 01 May 2011 \| Published: 01 May 2011 TOPICS: Data Centers \| Data Management \| NAS \| SAN \| Storage Appliances \| Storage Hardware \| Storage Management \| Storage Replication

ESG Lab Validation - IBM Storwize V7000 sponsored by IBM WHITE PAPER: This ESG Lab report presents the results of a mixed workload performance benchmark test designed to assess the real world performance capabilities of an IBM Storwize V7000 storage system and IBM x3850 X5 servers in a VMware-enabled virtual server environment. Download now to find out the results. Posted: 24 Mar 2011 \| Published: 24 Mar 2011 TOPICS: Data Compression \| NAS \| Server Virtualization \| Storage Appliances \| Storage Best Practices \| Storage Devices \| Storage Management \| Storage Management Software \| Storage Virtualization \| VMware

Bunnings builds on grid computing strategy with high-performance IBM® XIV® Storage Systems sponsored by IBM WHITE PAPER: When Bunnings, a retailer of home improvement and outdoor living products, needed to find a replacement for older storage systems that supported their vital business applications, they turned to IBM products. To learn how Bunnings benefited from this upgrade, read this case study. Posted: 22 Mar 2011 \| Published: 22 Mar 2011 TOPICS: NAS \| NAS Software \| SAN \| Storage Infrastructure \| Storage Management \| Storage Resource Management \| Storage Virtualization

Optimizing Data Migration as Part of a Tiered Storage Strategy sponsored by Oracle Corporation UK Ltd WHITE PAPER: This white paper will look at the role data migration plays as part of a tiered storage strategy and how IT departments can optimize data migration to make their tiered storage architecture more efficient and cost-effective. Posted: 09 Dec 2010 \| Published: 09 Dec 2010 TOPICS: Data Management \| Data Migration \| Data Storage \| NAS \| SAN \| Storage Management \| Tiered Storage

Oracle Real Application Clusters 11g Release 2 sponsored by Oracle Corporation UK Ltd WHITE PAPER: This white paper provides a technical overview of Oracle Real Application Clusters 11g Release 2 with an emphasis on the features and functionality that can be implemented to provide the highest availability and scalability for your enterprise applications. Posted: 22 Oct 2010 \| Published: 22 Oct 2010 TOPICS: Cluster Management \| Cluster Software \| Clustering \| Databases \| High Availability \| LAN \| NAS \| Oracle (Product) \| SAN \| Scalability Testing \| Storage Management

Data Deduplication Background - A Technical White Paper sponsored by Quantum Corporation WHITE PAPER: The purpose of data deduplication is to increase the amount of information that can be stored on disk arrays and to increase the effective amount of data that can be transmitted over networks. Read this white paper to learn more about data deduplication as well as Quantum Dxi-Series disk-based backup solutions. Posted: 10 Jun 2009 \| Published: 10 Jun 2009 TOPICS: Data Center Management \| Data Deduplication \| Data Recovery \| Data Replication \| NAS \| RAID \| SAN \| Storage Best Practices \| Storage Consolidation \| Storage Management

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NAS DEFINITION (continued): … resources. The network-attached storage device is attached to a local area network (typically, an Ethernet network) and assigned an IP address. File requests are mapped by the main server to the NAS file server. Crafting a NAS Consolidation Plan -- Click here to listen to the podcastNetwork-attached storage consists of hard disk storage, including multi-disk RAID systems, and software for configuring and mapping file locations to the network-attached device. Network-attached storage can be a step toward and included as part of a more sophisticated storage system known as a storage area network …
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