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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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Primary Data Compression in Oracle Environments sponsored by Storwize WHITE PAPER: The amount of data that organizations need has escalated. Expanding storage capacity to keep up with data growth requires capital investment and ongoing expenses. This paper explores a StorWize solution with compression, performance, and data integrity advantages over other approaches, translating into financial benefits and assurance.. Posted: 25 Feb 2009 \| Published: 25 Feb 2009 TOPICS: Backup Software \| Disaster Recovery \| Disk Backups \| NAS \| RAID \| ROI \| SAN \| TCO

Quantum DXi7500 Deduplicated Backup for the Enterprise sponsored by Quantum Corporation WHITE PAPER: This report examines in detail Quantum‘s new enterprise-focused DXi7500 platform, featuring "policy-based deduplication" which allows users to choose between deduplication methods. Posted: 11 Feb 2009 \| Published: 10 Feb 2009 TOPICS: Data Storage \| Disaster Recovery \| Disk Backups \| Microsoft Exchange \| NAS \| WAN

Digital Intermediate: Content-Aware Compression and Data Deduplication for Online Storage for Media/Entertainment and Post-Production sponsored by Ocarina Networks WHITE PAPER: This application paper provides an overview of Ocarina technology, describes a typical media workflow, specifically citing a 2K/4K film and Digital Intermediate (DI) environment. Posted: 23 Jan 2009 \| Published: 23 Jan 2009 TOPICS: Capacity on Demand \| Disk Drives \| Disk Storage Systems \| NAS \| SAN \| Storage Management

Coping with the Explosion of Data in Life Sciences Research: How Storage Is Managed Will Either Advance-- or Slow--the Pace of Biomedical Discovery sponsored by Ocarina Networks WHITE PAPER: Ocarina's ECOsystem is a solution that inserts transparently as part of a data center's storage infrastructure. Posted: 23 Jan 2009 \| Published: 23 Jan 2009 TOPICS: Data Management \| Disaster Planning \| Disaster Recovery \| Life Sciences Industry \| NAS \| RAID \| Storage Management

Five Cost-Effective Ways to Enable Fast Recovery sponsored by i365, makers of Evault WHITE PAPER: This white paper reviews options for a multifaceted recovery strategy, ensuring that your key systems are protected with maximum efficiency at minimal cost. Posted: 21 Jan 2009 \| Published: 20 Jan 2009 TOPICS: Data Security \| Disaster Planning \| Disaster Recovery \| NAS \| RAID \| SAN \| Storage Management

Integrating HP Data Protector Software with HP Data Deduplication Solutions sponsored by HP WHITE PAPER: This white paper will discuss HP Data Protector Software which fully supports HP data deduplication technologies allowing you to recover files more quickly while reducing your data management and storage costs. Posted: 10 Dec 2008 \| Published: 10 Dec 2008 TOPICS: Continuous Data Protection \| Continuous Data Protection Software \| Data Deduplication \| Data Management \| Data Recovery \| Data Security \| Disaster Recovery \| Hardware \| High Availability \| NAS \| RAID \| SAN \| Vendors

IDC Technology Spotlight: Optimizing Storage to Reduce Data Footprint and Lower Costs sponsored by Hewlett-Packard Company WHITE PAPER: This white paper examines data deduplication technologies supported by the latest Storage Solutions from HP. Data deduplication is a hot topic in data protection and therefore, also a relevant topic for HP Data Protector software. Posted: 10 Dec 2008 \| Published: 10 Dec 2008 TOPICS: Continuous Data Protection \| Continuous Data Protection Software \| Data Deduplication \| Data Security \| Disaster Recovery \| Information Management \| Information Storage and Retrieval Systems \| NAS \| Storage Consolidation \| Storage Provisioning \| Storage Security \| Storage Virtualization

Oracle Real Application Clusters 11g sponsored by Oracle Corporation WHITE PAPER: This paper explains how Oracle Real Application Clusters (RAC) allows Oracle Database to run any packaged or custom application, unchanged across a set of clustered events. Posted: 09 Dec 2008 \| Published: 09 Dec 2008 TOPICS: Cluster Management \| Cluster Software \| Clustering \| Databases \| High Availability \| LAN \| NAS \| Oracle (Product) \| SAN \| Scalability Testing \| Storage Management

ExaGrid: A Scalable Approach to Disk-based Backup sponsored by ExaGrid Systems, Inc. WHITE PAPER: Looking for a new disk-based backup solution? Download this Taneja Group white paper to learn some key criteria to consider when evaluating disk-based data protection vendors and how one company matches up against these criteria. Posted: 20 Nov 2008 \| Published: 20 Oct 2008 TOPICS: Capacity Planning \| Continuous Data Protection \| Continuous Data Protection Software \| Disaster Recovery \| Disk Backups \| NAS \| RAID \| Serial ATA \| Storage Capacity \| Tape Backups

VMware Solutions for Small to Medium Businesses: Ensuring Rapid, Reliable and Affordable Disaster Recovery sponsored by VMware, Inc. WHITE PAPER: VMware Infrastructure transforms disaster recovery by providing you fast, reliable and cost-effective disaster recovery. Why suffer from the slow, expensive and unreliable problems associated with traditional disaster recovery solution? Posted: 20 Nov 2008 \| Published: 20 Nov 2008 TOPICS: Continuous Data Protection \| Disaster Planning \| Disaster Recovery \| High Availability \| NAS \| SAN \| VMware

HP Virtualization with Intel and VMware: End-to-end Virtualization of IT Resources sponsored by VMware, Inc. WHITE PAPER: This white paper explores a virtualization approach that easily enables you to consolidate IT resources, enhance disaster recovery capabilities, and more. Posted: 19 Nov 2008 \| Published: 18 Nov 2008 TOPICS: Business Process Automation \| Cooling Equipment \| Data Center Management \| Data Centers \| Disaster Recovery \| High Availability \| NAS \| Operating Systems \| Power Supplies \| SAN \| Server Virtualization \| Storage Consolidation \| VMware

Data Protection for Virtual Server Environments: Exploring Options and Technologies for Backup and Recovery of Virtual Machines sponsored by Datalink WHITE PAPER: This white paper provides practical advice and considerations surrounding backup and recovery of virtual server infrastructures. Posted: 05 Nov 2008 \| Published: 05 Nov 2008 TOPICS: Backups \| Data Center Management \| Data Centers \| Disaster Recovery \| NAS \| SAN \| Server Virtualization \| Storage Best Practices \| Storage Infrastructure \| VMware

Solving the Distributed Data Problem sponsored by IBM WHITE PAPER: Companies need to reevaluate traditional methods of protecting branch office and PC data such as tape backups and other localized do-it-yourself solutions. Read this white paper to learn about remote on-demand services. Posted: 27 Oct 2008 \| Published: 27 Oct 2008 TOPICS: Backups \| Data Centers \| Data Security \| Distributed Data Management \| Enterprise \| Internet \| NAS \| Productivity \| RAID \| SAN

The Roadmap to Virtual Infrastructure: Practical Implementation Strategies sponsored by IBM WHITE PAPER: This VMware® white paper, especially useful for senior IT managers, describes best practices for implementing virtualization technology and provides strategies for convincing decision makers and others to support server virtualization. Posted: 27 Oct 2008 \| Published: 27 Oct 2008 TOPICS: Backups \| Data Centers \| Databases \| Disaster Recovery \| IT Infrastructure \| NAS \| ROI \| SAN \| VMware

De-Duplicated Disk Backup: Addressing Backup Challenges Across the Enterprise sponsored by Quantum Corporation WHITE PAPER: With the DXi7500, Quantum adds an enterprise-class backup-to-disk target with de-duplication to its arsenal, making it a true provider of scalable, end-to-end de-duplicated secondary storage. Posted: 23 Oct 2008 \| Published: 23 Oct 2008 TOPICS: Backups \| Data Recovery \| Data Replication \| Data Storage \| Disk Storage Systems \| Enterprise \| NAS

Workday Security: A Technology Perspective sponsored by Workday WHITE PAPER: Workday uses industry-standard measures to protect the integrity of all communications with its online services, its production network, and across its network. Posted: 16 Oct 2008 \| Published: 16 Oct 2008 TOPICS: Data Centers \| Data Security \| Disk Drives \| Human Resources Management \| Human Resources Services \| Human Resources Software \| NAS \| Web Services

HP Virtual Server Environment Capitalizes on Workload Management Integration sponsored by Hewlett-Packard Company WHITE PAPER: Virtualization can significantly improve the utilization of computing resources. In this white paper learn how virtualization can assign unused resources to workloads in other parts of an organization that can benefit from them. Posted: 16 Oct 2008 \| Published: 16 Oct 2008 TOPICS: Disaster Recovery \| High Availability \| IT Managers \| NAS \| Server Consolidation \| Vendors \| Work Environment \| Workflow Software \| Workforce Management Software

Thin Provisioning the Cure for Wasted Space in Storage Infrastructures sponsored by LSI Corporation WHITE PAPER: This paper describes how Thin Provisioning works and what benefits it delivers as well as the facts that need to be taken into account for a successful implementation. Posted: 14 Oct 2008 \| Published: 14 Oct 2008 TOPICS: Databases \| NAS \| ROI \| SAN \| Server Virtualization \| Storage Infrastructure \| Storage Systems \| Vendors

Eliminate Tape Restores with TimeData CDP sponsored by Double-Take Software WHITE PAPER: Download this free whitepaper to discover new CDP software that provides a simple and cost-effective way to recover data to any point in time and resume workflow without the pain of recovering from tape. Posted: 07 Oct 2008 \| Published: 07 Oct 2008 TOPICS: Continuous Data Protection \| Disaster Recovery \| NAS \| RAID \| SAN \| SQL Server \| Storage Capacity

eGuide: Exploring Virtualization Technologies and the Services Opportunities for Channel Pros sponsored by Zenith Infotech WHITE PAPER: This eguide addresses the advantages and disadvantages of storage virtualization technologies providing a balanced view of software-based, appliance-based and switch-based approaches. Posted: 20 Sep 2008 \| Published: 24 Sep 2008 TOPICS: Backups \| NAS \| Server Virtualization \| Storage Infrastructure \| Storage Virtualization \| Vendors

Configuring and Managing Storage for Remote Sites sponsored by Overland Storage WHITE PAPER: Organizations with multiple locations face unique challenges when configuring and maintaining a network storage solution. In this paper learn about how to achieve a successful configuration and management of a distributed NAS solution. Posted: 17 Sep 2008 \| Published: 16 Sep 2008 TOPICS: Backups \| Data Replication \| Disaster Recovery \| Mobile Device Management \| NAS \| Remote Offices \| Security \| Storage Capacity \| Workforce Management Software \| Workforce Planning

Optimizing Storage with Global File Virtualization sponsored by EMC Corporation WHITE PAPER: Global file virtualization is changing network storage management. Learn about a solution that allows organizations to easily simplify management, increase utilization, resolve performance bottlenecks, leverage tiered storage and lower TCO. Posted: 03 Sep 2008 \| Published: 03 Sep 2008 TOPICS: Backups \| Capacity Planning \| Data Recovery \| Data Security \| File Management Programs \| NAS \| Storage Consolidation \| Storage Virtualization \| Storage Virtualization Software \| TCO \| Tiered Storage \| Unstructured Data

ExaGrid: Simply State-of-the-Art D2D sponsored by ExaGrid Systems, Inc. WHITE PAPER: Disk-based backup took the market by storm several years ago with a compelling proposition: replace tape with high-speed disk to speed up and simplify backup. Posted: 15 Aug 2008 \| Published: 15 Aug 2008 TOPICS: Backups \| Disaster Planning \| Disaster Recovery \| NAS \| SAN \| Virtual Tape Libraries \| WAN

Meeting Data Storage Challenges with Eco-friendly Solutions sponsored by Hitachi Data Systems WHITE PAPER: With eco-friendly demands coming in the form of economic issues, government directives and public pressure, organizations that fail to adapt their operations to address environmental issues face the prospects of incurring additional costs. Posted: 11 Aug 2008 \| Published: 01 Jan 2007 TOPICS: Best Practices \| Data Centers \| Data Storage \| NAS \| Storage Consolidation \| Storage Management

White Paper: Solving the Top Six Enterprise Storage Issues with Virtualization sponsored by Hitachi Data Systems WHITE PAPER: This white paper answers the question: "What can storage virtualization do for my organization?" Explore business issues that can be addressed with storage virtualization and understand how much or how little disruption such a technology could cause. Posted: 09 Jul 2008 \| Published: 01 Dec 2007 TOPICS: Data Migration \| Data Replication \| NAS \| Storage Capacity \| Storage Infrastructure \| Storage Management \| Storage Virtualization \| Tiered Storage

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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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