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Network-attached storage (NAS) is the name given to dedicated data storage technology that can be connected directly to a computer network to provide centralized data access and storage to heterogeneous network clients. NAS differs from traditional file serving and Direct Attached Storage in that the operating system and other software on the NAS unit provides only the functionality of data storage, data access and the management of these functionalities.

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TheInfoPro Study: Why Deduplication Technology is Causing a Paradigm Shift in Storage Tiering
By :Data Domain Published Date: Feb 15, 2008
This recent research paper by TheInfoPro goes in depth as to why deduplication has sustained its #1 position on the TIP Storage Backup and Recovery Technology Heat Index®. 15% of storage organizations have already deployed deduplication technology and 59% of storage organizations are planning to deploy “dedupe” by the end of 2008. Managing storage growth, capacity reporting and planning, and backup management are the top pain points for most storage organizations.
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The Green Side of BlueArc
By :BlueArc Corporation Published Date: Feb 08, 2008
Using a custom-built NAS server and hardware-accelerated file system, BlueArc is able to deliver both high performance and industry leading energy efficiency.
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BlueArc Corporation
Intelligent Platform for File Services: Titan 3000 Series
By :BlueArc Corporation Published Date: Jan 18, 2008
BlueArc’s Titan 3000 Series is designed to meet the requirements of today’s sophisticated enterprise data centers and vertical applications with new levels of storage performance, scalability and reliability. Titan is the first storage solution that consolidates and manages up to 4 petabytes of data in a single storage pool.
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BlueArc Corporation
Scalable NAS & SAN Storage Systems Using Microsoft Windows Storage Server 2003 R2
By :Sanbolic Published Date: Oct 26, 2007
A Windows-based Storage server can utilize its internal disk drives, or connect to an external storage array, which provides more flexibility for expansion and allows file services to be integrated into an existing SAN.
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Centrally Manage SAN Storage Configuration and Assignment for Microsoft Windows Servers
By :Sanbolic Published Date: Oct 23, 2007
Clustered volume manager enables administrators to centrally configure and assign storage assets in a SAN storage environment in Microsoft System Management Server 2003 and Microsoft Operations Manager 2005 environments.
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Oracle on NetApp, Part 1: Using NFS for Simplicity/Manageability
By :NetApp Oracle Published Date: Oct 08, 2007
Download this behind-the-scenes look at how NetApp Engineering has driven standards, enhancements, and best practices for Oracle on NFS, plus updates on the impact of emerging standards like NFSv4 and Direct NFS.

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NetApp Oracle
Learn About Network Attached Storage and Integrating Storage into Datacenter Operations
By :Onaro Published Date: Jul 26, 2007
VPs of Infrastructure and Operations are under constant pressure to more rapidly provision infrastructure to support applications, hit cost reduction targets, and maintain or improve application availability for network attached storage. To meet these goals, they are the directors of a carefully orchestrated dance of network, server, storage and datacenter operation teams.
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Onaro
ESG Lab Report: Data Deduplication and Disk-to-Disk Backup Systems - What to Know and Ask
By :Data Domain Published Date: Jul 17, 2007
While disk-to-disk (D2D) backup systems have been widely accepted as functionally superior to tape, they still carry a significant cost penalty. However, with the addition of data deduplication technology, D2D systems now provide compelling operational and cost efficiencies, thanks to increased manageability and reduced storage and bandwidth needs.
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Evaluating a Storage Security Solution
By :Decru Published Date: Dec 01, 2006
Company data is vulnerable to threats from - insiders, unauthorized access to data, data backup, off-site mirroring - just to name a few. Encrypting data at rest, on tape or disk, significantly mitigates these threats. This document provides guidance into some of the factors a company should consider when evaluating storage security technology and solutions.
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IT Users Discuss New Ways to Protect Enterprise Data
By :Data Domain Published Date: Sep 10, 2006
This paper chronicles the implementations of three enterprises that represent a diverse set of industries (Financial, Legal and Technology). The IT managers responsible for protecting company data had the foresight to recognize the growing gap between their business continuity requirements and the ability of tape-based backup systems to meet those requirements.
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Building Proven Data Protection Strategies
By :Data Domain Published Date: Aug 28, 2006
Will traditional data protection applications survive the demands for ultra-high availability and the growing requirements for nearly instantaneous recovery? In this paper, data protection expert Fred Moore of Horison Information Strategies explores today’s backup and recovery strategy options, comparing traditional methods, such as backup, disk mirroring, snapshots, CDP, and VTLs.
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Curb the Data Chaos: Download Top Ten Tips for Stepping Up to SAN
By :EMC Insignia Published Date: Aug 01, 2006
EMC, the world leader in storage and IT management, developed these Top 10 Tips for SMBs considering stepping up to SAN. The following tips can help you make informed decisions when selecting the hardware and technologies that you use.
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EMC Insignia
Removable Storage Technologies: A Comparative Overview
By :Spectra Logic Published Date: Feb 10, 2006
Most data storage devices can be broadly characterized as either fixed media or removable media. This paper briefly examines and compares magnetic tape, magneto-optical disk, and removable magnetic disks, and identifies their positioning, future trends, and market applications.
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Spectra Logic
Storage Operations Management - A Holistic Process
By :Creekpath Published Date: Dec 20, 2005
There is a holistic storage-management trend taking place in companies today. IT groups are acknowledging that storage should become part of the network. What businesses are finally seeing is that storage is not an isolated island, or a group of isolated islands, but part of a holistic management domain.
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A New Look at Storage Consolidation
By :Creekpath Published Date: Dec 20, 2005
"Storage consolidation" is a term that has typically meant the consolidation of direct attached storage to a storage network, whether it is Network Attached Storage (NAS) or Storage Area Network (SAN). Consolidation has usually been undertaken to improve utilization of assets, lower the total cost of ownership (TCO), increase return on capital investment, improve IT operational efficiency and increase service levels.
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Data Migration Strategy: Managed Server HSM for NetWare and Windows 2000/2003
By :Caminosoft Published Date: Oct 20, 2005
Companies today are faced with managing an ever-increasing amount of data. The traditional solution to this problem was to increase the amount of space on a server by adding more hard drives. This strategy would be similar to a person continually building additional rooms onto a house in order to have more space in which to store all his or her belongings, but without any thought as to where items were being stored.
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Scalable Windows-Based NAS Using Melio File System
By :Sanbolic Published Date: Oct 20, 2005
NAS solutions built using the Windows Storage Server 2003 on standard Intel platforms provide a very cost effective solution to file serving. Servers built on this platform can export file services using CIFS, NFS, and other protocols, which provides a convenient platform to consolidate files.
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Sanbolic
File Fragmentation, SANs, NAS and RAID
By :Diskeeper Corporation Published Date: Aug 30, 2005
This document will explain the behavior and benefit of implementing Diskeeper defragmentation software with intricate modern hardware technologies such as RAID, NAS and SANs. SANs, NAS devices, corporate servers, and even high end workstations and multimedia-centric desktops characteristically implement multiple physical disk drives in some form of fault tolerant disk striping (RAID).
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Diskeeper Corporation
 
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