NAS Solutions

Network Attached Storage (NAS) is a class of storage products defined by its direct connectivity to an existing network infrastructure, such as Ethernet. A NAS server is dedicated as a storage server, for serving files to users on a network. Unlike SANs that are optimized for block-level centralized network applications (such as Exchange, SQL, Oracle or IIS), storage servers are typically used for storing files associated with client-based applications (such as Word, Excel, PowerPoint, etc.). Typically NAS Appliances are used as a central repository for large, archived files, including graphics, images, digital photographs, and CAD/CAM. By consolidating files on a dedicated NAS Appliance, management costs can be significantly reduced, and user accessibility to files is made easier through storage consolidation. A storage server is dedicated to - and optimized for - serving and storing data.