Network Attached Storage - Under the hood by Mark Hamilton
A Network Attached Storage (NAS) is a type of storage space system that may be linked to a data network. A NAS is useful for storage relevant to non mission-critical data. It is less costly and simpler to maintain compared to a Storage Area Network (SAN) but does not quite deliver the performance a powerful organization can acquire from a SAN Charlotte Olympia Kitty Flats.

File transfer protocols supported by NAS include Network File System, Common Internet File System, File Transfer Protocol, etc. NAS servers give versatility in terms of connection to the network; this can be done either via the Ethernet or a fiber channel network. Nowadays you can even get wireless 802.11 NAS devices post by haiyan701. The good thing about NAS devices lies in their simpleness, they could be created using virtually any hard drive technology however they are usually develo ... Read more »