What is Network Attached Storage (NAS)? NAS is shared storage on a local area network. A NAS server is a storage appliance that consists of a high performance file server that plugs into a LAN. Unlike a general-purpose server, such as a Unix or NT server, an NAS server is a specialized appliance optimized for [...]
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NAS
Posted in NAS on May 12, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
NAS Questions
Posted in *STORAGE*, NAS, Questions on May 1, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
1.What is NAS? 2.When NAS is a better solution as a storage requirement? 3.Whats the difference between NAS & SAN ? 4.What are the advantages & Disadvantages of NAS ? 5.How can a NAS implementation be improved over performance ? 6.Mention some case study on NAS implementation ? 7. Is it possible to setup a [...]
SAN questions
Posted in *STORAGE*, NAS on April 30, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
1.What is the differerence b/w SAN and NAS ? 2.What is a typical storage area network consists of – if we consider it for implementation in a small business setup ? 3.Can you briefly explain each of these Storage area components? 4.What is the most critical component in SAN ? 5.Define RAID and its types? [...]
