Networked storage, or the networking of storage, involves creating an environment in which storage hardware can be directly attached to a network of some form. What if, he (or maybe she) thought, what if storage devices were given a network of...
Network Appliance specialises in network-attached storage (NAS), essentially high-end computers that can store files such as email. EMC and HDS systems can be attached to servers either directly or through a special-purpose storage area network (SAN).
The networked storage market saw the steepest declines, with the network-attached storage (NAS) market declining 10 per cent sequentially and the storage area network (SAN) market falling six per cent compared with the prior quarter.
For the first time ever, networked storage has accounted for more revenue in a quarter than storage directly attached to servers, according to a new report from market researcher IDC. In the total networked storage market, which includes both...
Typically, storage is attached directly to a server but the computing industry is moving gradually to networked storage that can be shared by more computers. Networked storage falls into two broad categories: network attached storage (NAS) systems...
EMC, IBM and less well-known storage specialists such as BlueArc are beginning to mix and match the best elements of network-attached storage (NAS) devices and storage area networks (SAN) to improve the efficiency and lower the cost of storing data.