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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  … 
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PODCAST: Clustered Storage - From SMB, to Scientific, to Social Networking and Web 2.0
sponsored by Sun Microsystems, Inc.
PODCAST: This Podcast breaks down the truth about clustered storage and answers some of the most important questions surrounding the subject. Find out more today.
Posted: 14 Aug 2009 | Premiered: 14 Aug 2009


Clustered Storage - From SMB, to Scientific, to Social Networking and Web 2.0
sponsored by Sun Microsystems, Inc.
WEBCAST: This Webcast breaks down the truth about clustered storage and answers some of the most important questions surrounding the subject. Find out more today.
Posted: 13 Aug 2009 | Premiered: 13 Aug 2009


Northern Storage Suite V8 - Product Demo
sponsored by Northern Parklife
PRODUCT DEMO: Northern Storage Suite is a Storage Resource Management solution; a software solution that targets the costs and complexities of managing stored user-generated data. Download this free demo and see how it can go to work for you!
Posted: 06 Aug 2009 | Published: 06 Aug 2009


Presentation Transcript: Best Practices for Backup
sponsored by Hewlett-Packard Company
WHITE PAPER: In this presentation transcript, Curtis Preston, one of the leading backup experts in the country, describes some key best practices that will help build a better backup system.
Posted: 04 Aug 2009 | Published: 04 Aug 2009


Reclaim Wasted Capacity
sponsored by Northern Parklife
VIDEO: This four-part webcast demonstrates the necessity for a proper storage management solution, such as Northern Storage Suite, in an organization's storage infrastructure. They'll review how NSS can reclaim wasted capacity, control user behavior, getting your end-users on-board with saving capacity and how to properly plan for future storage needs.
Posted: 03 Aug 2009 | Premiered: 03 Aug 2009


De-Duplication Is Physical - Storage Management Is Logical
sponsored by Northern Parklife
WHITE PAPER: This whitepaper will provide an overview of the benefits of Storage Resource Management as a "front end" to data deduplication. We will demonstrate how an SRM tool such as Northern Storage Suite can work in concert with data de-duplication technologies to efficiently streamline data and assure optimal performance of an organization's storage inf...
Posted: 03 Aug 2009 | Published: 03 Aug 2009


Northern Solution Series: Profiting From Real-World Storage Management
sponsored by Northern Parklife
WHITE PAPER: The Northern Storage Suite is a management solution by Northern Parklife Inc. that will help reclaim, reduce and maximize your current infrastructure. This article provides four real-world examples dealing with reclaiming capacity, reducing data growth, maximizing storage resources, and involving users while minimizing administration.
Posted: 03 Aug 2009 | Published: 03 Aug 2009


Key Issues for Enterprise Storage, 2009
sponsored by 3PAR
ANALYST REPORT: Several issues intersect in a broad set of choices and outcomes involving an IT organization's storage requirements. This research highlights some of the most important questions driving Gartner's 2009 research agenda in the storage space.
Posted: 20 Jul 2009 | Published: 20 Jul 2009


Podcast: Protecting Data on the Edge
sponsored by Zenith Infotech
PODCAST: In this expert podcast W. Curtis Preston describes the most effective techniques, tools and best practices for protecting edge or mobile data.
Posted: 08 Jul 2009 | Premiered: 08 Jul 2009


Protecting Data on the Edge
sponsored by Zenith Infotech
VIDEO: According to industry statistics, the majority of a typical company's data doesn't reside on data center storage -- it lives on the "edge." The edge may be desktop PCs, laptops or even smart phones and PDAs. In this videocast W. Curtis Preston describes the most effective techniques, tools and best practices for protecting edge or mobile data.
Posted: 08 Jul 2009 | Premiered: 08 Jul 2009


ESG White Paper: Intelligent Tiered Storage: BlueArc's Implementation
sponsored by BlueArc Corp.
WHITE PAPER: This ESG White Paper discusses the importance of tiered storage, examines BlueArc's approach to intelligent tiering, and shows how it creates operational value for users' data storage infrastructures.
Posted: 02 Jul 2009 | Published: 02 Jul 2009


ESG White Paper: Enabling Enterprise Class Features for the Mid-Range: Focus on BlueArc Mercury
sponsored by BlueArc Corp.
WHITE PAPER: Download this ESG whitepaper to learn how BlueArc's new storage platform, BlueArc Mercury(TM), scales in fixed increments that make it easy to install and deploy. It also scales up to an eight node cluster and 2 PB - making it a forceful consolidation solution.
Posted: 02 Jul 2009 | Published: 02 Jul 2009


SiliconFS™: The BlueArc® Filesystem
sponsored by BlueArc Corp.
WHITE PAPER: The BlueArc Filesystem, SiliconFS, is the engine which drives the entire architectural platform forward. The filesystem is the foundation which enables greater performance and scalability for the entire platform. This document describes to the latest version of SiliconFS.
Posted: 02 Jul 2009 | Published: 02 Jul 2009


Presentation Transcript: Protecting Data on the Edge
sponsored by Zenith Infotech
PRESENTATION TRANSCRIPT: According to industry statistics, the majority of a typical company's data doesn't reside on data center storage -- it lives on the "edge." The edge may be desktop PCs, laptops or even smart phones and PDAs. In this transcript, W. Curtis Preston describes the most effective techniques, tools and best practices for protecting edge or mobile data.
Posted: 30 Jun 2009 | Published: 30 Jun 2009


Data Deduplication Approaches: Solving Today's Most Common Backup Problems
sponsored by Quantum Corporation
ANALYST REPORT: This Technology Brief discusses different approaches to data deduplication in the market today along with the pros and cons of each, and then matches some of the most common backup problems to a recommended deduplication approach. The brief close with a spotlight on Quantum's DXi7500 enterprise disk backup and replication system
Posted: 10 Jun 2009 | Published: 10 Jun 2009


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


Deduplication for the Enterprise: Six Steps to Optimal Results
sponsored by SEPATON
JOURNAL ARTICLE: Data deduplication is a must-have technology for today's enterprises. However, there are a wide range of choices and issues to be considered. This article covers six steps an organization can take to make sure implementing a deduplication technology is a smooth process.
Posted: 20 May 2009 | Published: 20 May 2009


Backup and Recovery for Microsoft Exchange Server - Data Domain Deduplication Storage Best Practices Guide
sponsored by Data Domain
WHITE PAPER: In many companies, Microsoft Exchange is now commonly viewed as a mission-critical application. Protecting Exchange information is critical and backup is still the primary method used. This paper focuses on the traditional backup and recovery practices for Microsoft Exchange Server along with solutions from Data Domain.
Posted: 08 May 2009 | Published: 08 May 2009


Secure Copy Version 5.0.2 - Data Migration solution
sponsored by ScriptLogic Corporation
TRIAL SOFTWARE: Getting data moved over to a new server is more than merely copying the most recent files and folders to that machine. File security, permissions, shared folders and local groups facilitating access need to be maintained.
Posted: 15 Apr 2009 | Published: 15 Apr 2009


Northern Storage Suite: Return On Investment
sponsored by Northern Parklife
WHITE PAPER: Northern Storage Suite delivers financial returns in three ways: by improving utilization of existing resources, by reducing the pace of hardware investment and by reducing the need for administrative intervention in data management. This paper provides details on these three benefits and how this storage solution can benefit your organization.
Posted: 10 Apr 2009 | Published: 10 Apr 2009


Stop Wasting Storage: Reclaim Capacity, Reduce Growth Rate and Maximize Return on Hardware Investment (Presentation Transcript)
sponsored by Northern Parklife
PRESENTATION TRANSCRIPT: This presentation transcript highlights a solution that helps eliminate wasteful data and creates a more efficient storage infrastructure by reclaiming crucial storage space.
Posted: 27 Mar 2009 | Published: 27 Mar 2009


ioDrive, Changing the Way You Code
sponsored by Fusion-IO
WHITE PAPER: With read/write speeds that are very close to most expensive models in the industry, the ioDrive's price/performance ratio will leave you saying, "WOW!" Read this white paper for more information on this paradigm-shifting data storage appliance.
Posted: 20 Mar 2009 | Published: 20 Mar 2009


eGuide: Hyper-V - What You Need to Know before Getting Started
sponsored by Dell and Microsoft
EGUIDE: In this E-Guide learn how Microsoft Hyper-V fits into the server virtualization landscape, with insight on exactly what Hyper-V has to offer, and analysis of how the Microsoft technology stacks up against the competition.
Posted: 18 Mar 2009 | Published: 18 Mar 2009


eGuide: Hyper-V - Microsoft's Approach to Server Virtualization
sponsored by Dell and Microsoft
EGUIDE: In this informative E-Guide learn specifically how Hyper-V is designed to meet high availability requirements, how this technology is being used at the hardware level, role of a 64-bit operating system with virtualization and more.
Posted: 18 Mar 2009 | Published: 18 Mar 2009


Secrets to Successful DR and Continuity Planning
sponsored by Compellent
WEBCAST: This webinar reviews several enabling technologies that greatly simplify Disaster Recovery and business continuity like Silver Peak's WAN optimization solution. You'll also hear how OfficeWare was able to implement an effective and fully verified DR solution on a limited budget.
Posted: 11 Mar 2009 | Premiered: 11 Mar 2009

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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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