Network Attach Storage (NAS) Solutions

Traditionally, network storage are served by general purposes server, configured for a particular platform file sharing, e.g. CIFS (Windows), NFS (UNIX) etc. These servers are sufficient for simple network storage serving and can be scale by either adding additional drives or introducing a new server into the environment and provide data access to heterogeneous network client.

These general-purpose servers are able to fulfill the needs of network storage but only for a while. With the increase in demand of storage capacity and the change of business model to 24 x 7 or even e-business structure, such general-purpose servers could no longer satisfy the changes in demand and requirements. Having to place your server offline just to increase the capacity doesn’t go well with your 24 x 7 availability. Also purchasing new servers, the operating system and necessary client licenses put a dent in your budget. Not forgetting the time and effort required to install the usual operating system and configuring the server for file shares.

Network Attached Storage (NAS) aim to address such issues that had been a headache to IT managers. A NAS appliance offers advantages over your general-purposes server with features like multiple-protocol support, an optimized operating system for file sharing, storage quota ability etc. It is also simple to set up, typically 10 minutes to have your new NAS running it your network.

EmBeyond offers wide range of NAS appliance products to satisfy your network storage needs. Our offerings range from enterprise level NAS products from IBM, HP, and Netapps etc to departmental/workgroup appliances from Iomega, Snap Appliances. With our experience in network storage, we are able to provide you the complete range of services, such as capacity design, integration to Active Directory, file server consolidation etc, to integrate NAS technology into your environment.

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