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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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FAQ Guide: The Changing Face of Scale Out Network-Attached Storage sponsored by Dell, Inc. EGUIDE: This expert E-Guide features an interview transcript with Enterprise Strategy Group senior analyst Terri McClure. Read now to learn her predictions about scale-out NAS over the next few years. Posted: 20 Nov 2012 \| Published: 20 Nov 2012 TOPICS: Cloud Storage \| NAS \| NAS Software \| Storage Architectures \| Storage Best Practices \| Storage Capacity \| Storage Efficiency \| Storage for File Virtualization/NAS Virtualization \| Storage Infrastructure \| Storage Management \| Storage Optimization \| Storage Provisioning \| Storage Spending \| Tiered Storage

CERN Unlocks Secrets of the Universe with an Agile Data Infrastructure sponsored by NetApp CASE STUDY: Check out this technical case study to learn how the IT team at the research organization home to the Large Hadron Collider juggle demands for performance, scalability and reliability amidst cost constraints. Read on to learn how this crew balances responsibility of the foundational database and the associated storage ops. Posted: 15 Nov 2012 \| Published: 15 Nov 2012 TOPICS: Data Loss Prevention (DLP) \| Data Management \| Data Storage \| NAS \| Storage Architectures \| Storage Capacity \| Storage for Virtualized Servers \| Storage Infrastructure \| Storage Provisioning

Storage Magazine Online November 2012 – Storage Salary Survey Results Revealed sponsored by SearchStorage.com EZINE: In the November 2012 Storage Magazine, find the results of this year’s annual Storage Salary Survey and find expert articles from Rich Castagna, Jon Toigo, Terri McClure and others addressing BYOD, storage clouds, LTFS, NAS upgrades and much more. Posted: 31 Oct 2012 \| Published: 01 Nov 2012 TOPICS: Cloud Storage \| Infiniband Architecture \| Mobile Device Management \| NAS \| Storage for File Virtualization/NAS Virtualization \| Storage Infrastructure \| Storage Management \| Storage Spending \| Storage Virtualization \| Tape Backups \| VDI \| Virtual Desktop Infrastructure

Buyer's Guide to Next-Generation NAS sponsored by ORACLE APAC WHITE PAPER: This paper introduces next-generation NAS and offers tips for improving performance, simplicity and efficiency in your storage environment. Check it out now to ensure you've got the storage system best-geared for your company's needs and access 3 criteria for a sound NAS system. Posted: 23 Oct 2012 \| Published: 23 Oct 2012 TOPICS: Data Loss Prevention (DLP) \| Data Management \| Data Storage \| NAS \| Storage Capacity \| Storage Efficiency \| Storage Infrastructure \| Storage Systems

Hybrid Cloud Storage: Government Agencies can get the Best of Two Worlds sponsored by Red Hat WHITE PAPER: Access this survey to learn how your peers are using hybrid cloud storage to address increasing storage capacity demands. Posted: 18 Oct 2012 \| Published: 18 Oct 2012 TOPICS: Cloud Computing \| Cloud Management \| Hybrid clouds \| NAS \| Storage Best Practices \| Storage Capacity \| Storage Management \| Storage Virtualization

Data ONTAP 8.1 and 8.1.1 Operating in Cluster-Mode: An Introduction sponsored by NetApp WHITE PAPER: This white paper provides an overview of Data ONTAP 8.1 operating in Cluster-Mode, including its architecture and core capabilities, and positions it firmly in the 21st-century data center. Read now to learn more. Posted: 08 Oct 2012 \| Published: 29 Jun 2012 TOPICS: Data Compression \| Data Deduplication \| NAS \| NAS Software \| SAN \| SAN and Virtualization \| Storage Architectures \| Storage Best Practices \| Storage Capacity \| Storage Consolidation \| Storage Controllers \| Storage for Virtualized Servers \| Storage Infrastructure \| Storage Management \| Storage Optimization \| Storage Provisioning \| Storage Spending

Driving Efficient IT Through a Simplified Windows Storage Environment sponsored by Dell and Microsoft WHITE PAPER: This paper explains how organizations can enhance IT efficiency and free up time and resources by implementing a unified, virtualized storage environment. Access it now to learn about unifying storage with a scale-out architecture, the impact of application server complexity on storage and how to manage application storage cost-effectively. Posted: 17 Sep 2012 \| Published: 10 Apr 2013 TOPICS: Data Loss Prevention (DLP) \| Data Management \| NAS \| SAN and Virtualization \| Storage for Virtualized Servers \| Storage Management \| Storage Spending

SearchStorageUK Essential Guide to NAS management sponsored by SearchStorage.co.UK ESSENTIAL GUIDE: NAS file-level storage ranges from standalone desktop boxes to huge clusters that scale for capacity and performance and deliver billions of files from parallel file systems. Find out what you need from our top-to-bottom guide to the NAS market. Posted: 29 Aug 2012 \| Published: 28 Aug 2012 TOPICS: Clustering \| Data Loss Prevention (DLP) \| NAS \| NAS Software \| Storage Best Practices \| Storage Infrastructure \| Storage Management \| Unstructured Data

The Economics of Scale-Out Storage sponsored by Red Hat WHITE PAPER: This white paper explores the economic benefits scale-out storage provides. After briefly defining scale-out storage, this paper explores the capital, operational and strategic advantages of this storage solution. Posted: 17 Aug 2012 \| Published: 17 Aug 2012 TOPICS: Cloud Storage \| NAS \| NAS Software \| Scalability Testing \| Storage Best Practices \| Storage Capacity \| Storage Infrastructure \| Storage Optimization \| Storage Spending

Scale-out NAS: Everything you need to know sponsored by NetApp EGUIDE: This SearchStorage.com E-Guide explains why scale-out NAS has replaced traditional NAS and offers questions to ask yourself and vendors if you're considering scale-out NAS for your company. Posted: 06 Jul 2012 \| Published: 06 Jul 2012 TOPICS: Cloud Storage \| Data Loss Prevention (DLP) \| Data Management \| NAS \| NAS Software \| Storage Best Practices \| Storage Management

Buyer’s Checklist: Scale-out storage systems sponsored by SearchStorage.com WHITE PAPER: Scale-out NAS systems can accommodate data growth simply by adding more capacity resources; and processing power can be increased as needed. Posted: 10 May 2012 \| Published: 08 May 2012 TOPICS: Clustering \| Data Storage \| NAS \| NAS Software \| Storage Architectures \| Storage Capacity \| Storage Infrastructure

E-Guide: The birth of Tape NAS sponsored by Iron Mountain EGUIDE: This expert resource explains how tape NAS allows you to utilize LTFS for file access. Posted: 09 May 2012 \| Published: 09 May 2012 TOPICS: Backups \| Content Management \| NAS \| Storage Management \| Tape Backups \| Tape Drives \| Tape Libraries

Presentation Transcript: Why Not “Active – Archiving” sponsored by Iron Mountain PRESENTATION TRANSCRIPT: After a few years of waning usage, tape technology is making a comeback with archiving. Find out why by checking out this transcript of Jon Toigo's presentation on tape for active archiving. Posted: 05 Dec 2012 \| Published: 05 Dec 2012 TOPICS: Content Archiving \| Data Recovery \| Data Storage \| Disk Storage Systems \| Energy Efficiency \| NAS \| Storage Media \| Tape Backups \| Tape Libraries

Cloud Backup Versus Cloud Storage Comparison sponsored by Symantec Corporation EGUIDE: This exclusive SearchStorage.com E-Guide takes a close and clear look at cloud storage and backup so you can arm yourself with the correct facts. Check it out now for a comparison of cloud backup, cloud storage and storage in the cloud, and learn how to differentiate between cloud backup, recovery and restore. Posted: 05 Dec 2012 \| Published: 05 Dec 2012 TOPICS: Backups \| Cloud Backup \| Cloud Disaster Recovery \| Cloud Management \| Cloud Storage \| Data Management \| Data Recovery \| Data Storage \| NAS \| SAN

Storage for Virtual Servers Essential Guide sponsored by SearchStorage.com ESSENTIAL GUIDE: Access this Storage Magazine Essential Guide to making storage and virtual servers work better together to get a grip on your virtual environment storage management. Access expert articles addressing storage and storage management for virtual servers, troubleshooting Hyper-V storage problems, choosing between Fibre Channel, iSCSI and NAS and more. Posted: 28 Nov 2012 \| Published: 30 Nov 2012 TOPICS: Fibre Channel SAN \| iSCSI SAN \| Microsoft Hyper-V \| NAS \| Server Management \| Server Virtualization \| Storage Best Practices \| Storage Efficiency \| Storage for Virtualized Servers \| Storage Management \| Storage Virtualization

Slashing Energy Costs by Improving Storage Efficiency sponsored by Oracle Corporation UK Ltd WHITE PAPER: This paper examines some of the innovative ways in which organizations all around the world are optimizing storage resources to save space, improve performance and reduce energy waste and costs. Posted: 18 Sep 2012 \| Published: 08 Dec 2010 TOPICS: NAS \| NAS Software \| Oracle (Product) \| SAN \| SAN and Virtualization \| Storage Appliances \| Storage Architectures \| Storage Best Practices \| Storage Capacity \| Storage Efficiency \| Storage for File Virtualization/NAS Virtualization \| Storage Optimization \| Storage Provisioning \| Storage Spending \| Storage Strategy for Virtual Data Centers

Enterprise-Ready Scale-Out with Data ONTAP 8 Cluster-Mode sponsored by NetApp WHITE PAPER: This paper introduces an emerging unified scale-out solution purpose-built to provide an adaptable, always-on storage infrastructure for virtualized environments. Read on to learn what this approach to scale-out could mean for your company and its data. Posted: 06 Sep 2012 \| Published: 06 Sep 2012 TOPICS: Multi-Tenant Units \| NAS \| Storage Capacity \| Storage Efficiency \| Storage for Virtualized Servers \| Storage Infrastructure \| Storage Media \| Storage Strategy for Virtual Data Centers

The Changing Face of Scale-Out Network-Attached Storage - Presentation Transcript sponsored by Dell, Inc. PRESENTATION TRANSCRIPT: In this podcast interview transcript, Terri McClure, a senior analyst at Enterprise Strategy Group, shares her predictions that the majority of data storage will be scale-out within a few years and that the cloud is rapidly emerging as a NAS tier. Posted: 05 Sep 2012 \| Published: 05 Sep 2012 TOPICS: Cloud Storage \| Cloud Storage Strategy \| NAS \| SMBs \| Storage Capacity \| Storage Efficiency \| Storage Management \| Tiered Storage

Next-Generation NAS sponsored by Oracle Corporation WHITE PAPER: To remain competitive in the future, you need an up-to-date NAS system that optimizes storage, handles all the different types of data that are essential to your business, and grows with your company. Check out this short white paper for a list of key criteria you must evaluate when making your selection. Posted: 18 Jul 2012 \| Published: 16 Jul 2012 TOPICS: Data Deduplication \| Data Security \| NAS \| NAS Software \| Storage Architectures \| Storage Best Practices \| Storage Capacity \| Storage for File Virtualization/NAS Virtualization \| Storage Optimization \| Storage Security

E-Guide: Windows Storage Server 2008 R2: Attain Shared Storage in Virtual Data Centers sponsored by Dell and Microsoft EGUIDE: Although Windows Storage Server 2008 R2 is widely touted as a NAS appliance, it can also function as an iSCSI target. This expert e-guide provides an in-depth overview of this platform, its' new features, and lesser known uses. Posted: 19 Jun 2012 \| Published: 18 Jun 2012 TOPICS: iSCSI Protocol \| iSCSI SAN \| NAS \| Server Virtualization \| Storage Appliances \| Storage Architectures \| Storage for Virtualized Servers \| Storage Infrastructure \| Windows

Quantifying the Business Benefits of Scale-Out Network Attached Storage Solution sponsored by EMC Corporation WHITE PAPER: Learn why scale-out is more beneficial than scale-up storage systems for Big Data environments in this IDC white paper. Posted: 05 Jun 2012 \| Published: 01 Nov 2011 TOPICS: Capacity Planning \| Content Management \| Data Management \| NAS \| Storage Architectures \| Storage Best Practices \| Storage Management

Windows Application and Server Backup 2.0: Chapter 9 - Keeping Your Backups - Storage Architecture sponsored by Dell AppAssure Backup, Replication and Recovery Software EBOOK: Check out the ninth chapter of this e-book on applications and server backups to learn the specs of today's storage and backup dynamics, and explore topics such as storage architectures for today's backups, deduplication, data compression and how to manage backed-up data. Posted: 30 May 2012 \| Published: 30 May 2012 TOPICS: Backup for Virtualized Servers \| Backups \| Data Compression \| Data Deduplication \| Data Storage \| NAS \| SAN and Virtualization \| Storage Architectures \| Storage Capacity \| Storage Management

Evolution to the Cloud sponsored by Ciena WEBCAST: Learn – in less than six minutes – about a cloud approach that can be labelled a “data centre without walls,” enabling a virtual capacity that is both distance-independent and dynamically scalable. View now to learn the cost- and productivity benefits this approach can offer your organisation. Posted: 29 May 2012 \| Premiered: May 29, 2012 TOPICS: Cloud Computing \| Cloud Management \| Cloud Security \| Cloud Storage \| Data Center Networking \| Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) \| MAN \| NAS \| Network Security \| Networking \| SAN \| Software as a Service \| WAN

Developing a Strategic Approach to Data Center Networking sponsored by Ciena WHITE PAPER: Uncover how to overcome many data centre networking challenges by developing a coherent networking strategy, which will help you architect a stronger, more flexible network to enable future growth in a cost-efficient, deterministic, and manageable manner. Posted: 29 May 2012 \| Published: 30 Sep 2011 TOPICS: Bandwidth Management \| Data Center Consolidation \| Data Center Construction \| Data Center Cooling \| Data Center Design \| Data Center Infrastructure Efficiency \| Data Center Management \| Data Center Networking \| Data Centers \| Ethernet Networks \| MAN \| Metro Ethernet Networks \| NAS \| SAN \| WAN

E-Guide: Expert Strategies: Storage-Area Network for Virtualization sponsored by Dell, Inc. and Intel® EGUIDE: This expert e-guide provides insight into the key differences between virtualizing network-attached storage (NAS) or storage area network (SAN) architectures. Read on to discover which storage virtualization choice is right for your organization. Posted: 01 May 2012 \| Published: 26 Apr 2012 TOPICS: NAS \| SAN \| SAN and Virtualization \| Server Virtualization \| Storage for File Virtualization/NAS Virtualization \| Storage for Virtualized Servers \| Storage Management \| Storage Strategy for Virtual Data Centers \| Storage Virtualization

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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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