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).
Through this interface, an administrator can set up features such as internal email accounts and Web-based access to email, calendars and address books, without any technical knowledge. The 8,999 euro (about £6,120) system has been integrated for...
Facilities such as auto-discovery are indispensable to enable monitoring to start as soon as possible after installation; provision of management best practices as policy templates would help reduce the learning curve.
Admittedly, the upgrades are easier than the corresponding upgrades to servers with directly attached storage. It was called the mainframe. The general-purpose network server has increasingly been replaced by flexible provision of processing backed...
The device supports both network attached storage and storage area networks that use internet small computer system interfaces. The SME market often faces stripped-down versions of enterprise products and is often left with a delivery channel that...
Access to databases to enable investors and other permitted stakeholders to check the performance of investment portfolios - possibly over a web interface on a continuous basis with a password - would address criticisms of access and availability...