Posts Tagged ‘Storage’

Small Business Information Technology – How Network Attached Storage (NAS) Fits in Small Business

June 9th, 2009
Small Business Information Technology - How Network Attached Storage (NAS) Fits in Small Business

Introduction

Many small businesses today are working harder than ever to find new ways to reduce costs and streamline their operations. At the same time, these businesses are also generating more data throughout their organization than ever before. Data that must be protected while being more widely available. In the past businesses had only a few megabytes of storage on servers and desktop PCs to worry about. If they were diligen » Read more: Small Business Information Technology – How Network Attached Storage (NAS) Fits in Small Business

What is Network Attached Storage?

May 6th, 2009
What is Network Attached Storage?

A Network Attached Storage (NAS) is a type of storage system that can be attached to a data network. A NAS is useful for storage related to non mission-critical data. It is cheaper and easier to maintain than a Storage Area Network (SAN) but does not quite deliver the performance an enterprise can obtain from a SAN.

File transfer protocols supported by NAS include Network File System, Common Internet File System, File Transfer P » Read more: What is Network Attached Storage?

Network Attached Storage; NAS Now An Affordable Data Storage Solution For Small Businesses

April 11th, 2009
Network Attached Storage; NAS Now An Affordable Data Storage Solution For Small Businesses

In the administration of a large business network, data storage solutions can have significant impact on network speed and user satisfaction. Conventional network data storage systems are attached to servers but as needed storage capacities and connection speeds increase, many businesses are discovering that network attached storage or NAS is an economical and easy alternative to the file server model.

In traditional network data » Read more: Network Attached Storage; NAS Now An Affordable Data Storage Solution For Small Businesses