Network Attached Storage (NAS)
Network Attached Storage, or NAS, is a data storage mechanism that uses special devices connected directly to the network media. These devices are assigned an IP address and allow the device to be accessed directly by the clients without an intermediary.
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Network Attached Storage (NAS) TechnologyThe beauty of the NAS structure is that in an environment with many servers running different operating systems, storage of data can be centralized, as can the security, management, and backup of the data. An increasing number of companies already make use of NAS technology. |
Advantages of NASSome of the big advantages of NAS include the expandability; need more storage space, add another NAS device and expand the available storage. NAS also bring an extra level of fault tolerance to the network. Fault tolerant measures such as RAID, can be used to make sure that the NAS device does not become a point of failure. |
