NAS ( Storage Network and Network Attached Storage) Definition

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ALSO CALLED: Storage Network and 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 …
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Recent Vendor Reports on NAS
Storage Magazine - May 2008 sponsored by Storage Magazine WHITE PAPER: Posted: 15 May 2008 \| Published: 01 May 2008 SUMMARY: Whether you're looking for the latest storage news, trends or technologies, Storagemagazine has got it all. The May 2008 issue of Storage explores solutions for disaster recovery testing, tips for creating an eDiscovery toolkit and mu... TOPICS: Continuous Data Protection \| Data Replication \| Disaster Recovery \| Disk Backups \| NAS \| SAN \| Server Virtualization \| Storage Best Practices \| Storage Replication \| Storage Resource Management Software \| Storage Virtualization \| Tape Backups \| Tape Libraries

Making the Move to Network Attached Storage sponsored by Hewlett-Packard Company WHITE PAPER: Posted: 12 May 2008 \| Published: 23 Apr 2008 SUMMARY: NAS technologies can help organizations deal with the growing demands and complexities of storage today. Read this eGuide from SearchStorage.com to learn about the basic concepts of NAS, how to plan for a NAS in your business and much more. TOPICS: Continuous Data Protection \| Data Management \| Data Storage \| Disk Backups \| File Management Programs \| NAS \| NAS Software \| Request for Proposals \| SAN \| Storage Best Practices \| Storage Capacity \| Storage Consolidation \| Storage Virtualization

Podcast: Should IT Care About Records? Essential Elements of a Records Retention Program sponsored by CA PODCAST: Posted: 09 May 2008 \| Premiered: 09 May 2008 SUMMARY: In this podcast learn strategies for closing this gap and creating structured records management policies, establishing which documents users need to save, for how long and where in the system, enterprise-wide. TOPICS: Database Management \| Document Management \| Document Management Software \| Electronic Discovery \| File Sharing Protocols \| Information Management \| Information Management Software \| NAS \| Records Retention \| Regulatory Compliance \| SAN \| Storage Management

Should IT Care About Records? Essential Elements of a Records Retention Program sponsored by CA WEBCAST: Posted: 09 May 2008 \| When: Available On Demand SUMMARY: In this webcast learn strategies for closing this gap and creating structured records management policies, establishing which documents users need to save, for how long and where in the system, enterprise-wide. TOPICS: Database Management \| Document Management \| Document Management Software \| Electronic Discovery \| File Sharing Protocols \| Information Management \| Information Management Software \| NAS \| Records Retention \| Regulatory Compliance \| SAN \| Storage Management

Archiving Chapter 2: CAS Platforms sponsored by Plasmon BOOK: Posted: 05 May 2008 \| Published: 17 Mar 2008 SUMMARY: Content-addressed storage (CAS) is a specialized type of archive that provides the inexpensive and high-capacity storage needed to retain data that, although accessed infrequently, still has long-term relevance to the enterprise. TOPICS: Content Addressed Storage \| Databases \| Encryption \| NAS \| RAID

Business Velocity on a New Scale Resource Center sponsored by BlueArc Corp. WHITE PAPER: Posted: 30 Apr 2008 \| Published: 01 Apr 2008 SUMMARY: Customers in all markets are seeing demand for new levels of storage performance, flexibility, and scalability to cope with today's data intensive environments. This Resource Center highlights technologies that can help you achieve this. TOPICS: Continuous Data Protection \| Data Storage \| High Availability \| High Performance Computing \| NAS \| NAS Software \| SAN \| Storage Best Practices \| Storage Capacity \| Unstructured Data

Using the F5 Acopia ARX for Automated Storage Tiering sponsored by F5 Networks PRODUCT LITERATURE: Posted: 28 Apr 2008 \| Published: 01 Jan 2007 SUMMARY: Information Lifecycle Management (ILM) holds tremendous promise for the enterprise, yet its adoption has been slowed by factors such as proprietary vendor approaches, complexity and lack of internal coordination amongst multiple business units... TOPICS: Data Storage \| ILM \| NAS

EMC File Virtualization Solutions sponsored by EMC Corporation SOFTWARE LISTING: Posted: 28 Apr 2008 \| Published: 01 Apr 2008 SUMMARY: EMC File Virtualization Solutions comprise both technology assessment and design services to help your IT organization optimize its network-attached storage investments. Simplify management and optimize the efficiency of network-attached storage. TOPICS: Data Protection \| File Servers \| File Virtualization \| Information Lifecycle Management \| NAS

HP Solutions for Network-Attached Storage, Resource Consolidation, and Disaster Recovery sponsored by Hewlett-Packard Company WHITE PAPER: Posted: 28 Apr 2008 \| Published: 01 Apr 2008 SUMMARY: HP's next generation of enterprise Scalable NAS is uniquely suited to managing mission-critical applications such as Oracle as well as to consolidating Windows file servers. TOPICS: Backup and Recovery \| NAS \| SAN

Lesson One: Building a SAN sponsored by SearchStorage.com PODCAST: Posted: 25 Apr 2008 \| Premiered: 25 Apr 2008, 09:00 EDT (13:00 GMT) SUMMARY: In this first lesson of Advanced SAN School, Stephen Foskett, Director of Data Practice for Contoural discusses the different types of storage arrays, switches, and software that make up a storage network. TOPICS: Fibre Channel \| IP \| NAS \| RAID \| SAN \| Storage Best Practices \| Storage Management \| Storage Management Software \| Storage Switches

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NAS DEFINITION (continued): … processor 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.

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Network-attached storage consists of hard disk storage, …
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