FEATURED VIDEO

Sponsored By:
SLIDE SHOWS
Our list of the most innovative executives of the year spotlights the people that are pushing the envelope with new products and channel programs to bring solution providers to new heights.
Find out which executives made the grade and held their own, despite the great IT downturn of 2009.
Most everyone loves Thanksgiving turkeys. But IT industry turkeys? Not so much. We look at 10 examples of 'turkeys' that have disappointed the tech industry this year.
INSIDE CHANNELWEB

Results found for: NAS
Printer Print This Page

Image Friendly
techweb
NAS
techweb
(1) See network access server.

(2) (Network Attached Storage) A specialized file server that connects to the network. A NAS device contains a slimmed-down operating system and a file system and processes only I/O requests by supporting the popular file sharing protocols, primarily CIFS for Windows and NFS for Unix.

     The NAS concept originated in the early 1990s for computer-aided-design (CAD) and other applications that generated huge data files. File servers with full-blown operating systems have sometimes been called network attached storage, but a true NAS can perform no task other than I/O.

Just Plug It In
Using traditional LAN protocols such as TCP/IP over Ethernet, the NAS enables additional storage to be quickly added by plugging it into a network hub or switch. As network transmission rates have increased from Ethernet to Fast Ethernet to Gigabit Ethernet, NAS devices have come up to speed parity with direct attached storage devices. See NAS gateway, SAN and NetApp Filer.












Industrial Strength NAS
Network Appliance popularized the network attached storage (NAS) device. Sophisticated units such as this one can hold terabytes of storage and provide mission critical reliability for large enterprises. (Image courtesy of Network Appliance, Inc.)





SOHO and Personal Use
In 2002, Iomega introduced a line of economical RAID-based NAS devices with capacities to 480GB. Suited to the individual or small to medium-sized LAN, this model had a hot spare ready to replace a failed drive. (Image courtesy of Iomega Corporation.)
Search For NAS On ChannelWeb

Find the latest news and information on NAS from across the Channelweb Network of IT Web sites.


techweb
temrs similiar to your header
Entries before NAS
techweb
techweb Napster
techweb narrowband
techweb Narrowband CDMA
techweb narrow bezel
techweb narrowcast
 techweb Entries after NAS
techweb
techweb NAS box
techweb NAS gateway
techweb NASI
techweb NAS/LAC
techweb NAT
techweb
define another it term
techweb techweb

techweb
Or get a random definition
techweb
copyright THIS COPYRIGHTED DEFINITION IS FOR PERSONAL USE ONLY.
All other reproduction is strictly prohibited without permission from the publisher.

Copyright (©) 1981-2008 The Computer Language Company
Inc All rights reserved.
ADVERTISEMENT




CHANNEL SERVICES >>