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• How to Choose the Right NAS System for Your Business

  We've put together a list of the most desirable features below, grouped into several broad categories. You may not need everything mentioned, though it is hoped that this will help you arrive at a decision about the right NAS for your organization.

  By Paul Mah | 08 March, 2012 01:36

  Tags: Configuration / maintenance, Data Center, Data Center | Storage, Drives, hard disks, hard drives, hardware systems, hdd, nas, network-attached storage, Networked-Attached Storage, storage, storage for small business

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  4 ways to beat data bloat

  This vendor-written tech primer has been edited by Network World to eliminate product promotion, but readers should note it will likely favor the submitter's approach.

  By Rick Clark, president and CEO, APTARE | 19 January, 2012 09:38

  Tags: automated tiering, Configuration / maintenance, Data Center, Data growth, data storage, data tiering, Gartner, hardware systems, IDC, nas, NAS data, network-attached storage, storage, Storage Management, unstructured data

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  LaCie CloudBox: Compact drive tightly integrates with Cloud storage

  The minimum "best practice" backup arrangement for your vital data is to maintain three copies of the data: the original, a local backup, and a second backup offsite. With LaCie's CloudBox NAS device, you simply back up to the ethernet-connected unit, which then automatically backs up to LaCie's own online backup service. But easy as it is, CloudBox is also expensive, capacity-challenged, and slower than average.

  By Jon L. Jacobi | 03 November, 2011 11:19

  Tags: Drives, external hard drive, hard drives, hdd, LaCie, nas, network attached storage, network-attached storage, storage

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  Gets serious with tablets, 4G, NAS, pocket projectors

  CES 2011 has plenty to offer the consumer world, but increasingly it brings major business tech advances, too. This year, we're seeing a flood of new offerings that will make doing business on the road easier, more engaging, and a whole lot more productive. Thanks to a host of new tablets, a flurry of 4G wireless offerings, some cool new networked storage options, and a bunch of itty bitty projectors, this CES is shaping up to be a road warrior's fantasy.

  By Robert Strohmeyer | 08 January, 2011 06:33

  Tags: CES, Consumer Electronics Show (CES), dell, hardware systems, laptops, Lenovo, Motorola, nas, network-attached storage, projectors, storage, tablet PC, tablet PCs, tablets

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  South Grampians Shire Council trades DAS for SAN

  Victoria’s Southern Grampians Shire Council has overhauled its storage infrastructure, upgrading its direct attached storage (DAS) to a storage area network (SAN) from Hitachi Data Systems (HDS).

  By Chloe Herrick | 30 September, 2010 16:41

  Tags: DAS, nas, Southern Grampians Shire Council, storage

• Startup links VMware with Amazon to create secure cloud storage

  A storage startup called Nasuni is unveiling a virtual NAS file server that runs on VMware and connects customers to cloud platforms such as Amazon's Simple Storage Service, adding encryption to enhance security and several features to improve performance.

  By Jon Brodkin | 09 February, 2010 11:42

  Tags: file servers, nas, Nasuni, virtualisation

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  Hitachi Announces NAS Platform

  Hitachi Data Systems announced the availability of its Network Attached Storage (NAS) platform, with two new solutions for midrange storage. Hitachi NAS 3080 and 3090 offer Intelligent File Tiering capability in midrange and include benefits to increase productivity and simplify storage, the company claimed.

  By Staff Writers | 09 September, 2009 09:49

  Tags: hitachi data systems, nas

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  Iomega unveils new Linux-based, entry-level NAS server

  EMC Corp.'s Iomega Corp. unit yesterday introduced its next-generation quad-drive desktop NAS server, which offers a storage capacity of up to 8TB, iSCSI connectivity for block-level data transfer, multiple RAID configurations and remote access and management capabilities.

  By Lucas Mearian | 28 August, 2009 05:16

  Tags: EMC, iomega, Linux, nas, storage

• Gartner: Netgear leads low-cost NAS market

  Gartner has confirmed that Netgear is the worldwide leader in sub-$5,000 business Network-Attached Storage (NAS) systems and that it ranks among the top six vendors in the overall business NAS market.

  By Channelworld staff | 11 June, 2009 07:53

  Tags: Gartner, nas, netgear, network-attached storage

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  Asus EeeNAS 1TB backup device joins Atom family

  Asustek Computer joined other NAS (network attached storage) device makers such as QNAP and Acer by showing off a new NAS that uses Intel's low-power, inexpensive Atom N270 microprocessor.

  By Dan Nystedt | 27 May, 2009 19:12

  Tags: asus, intel atom, nas, storage

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  The Planet bundles hosted NAS, cloud storage

  Hosting company The Planet has teamed up with Nirvanix to bundle widely available cloud storage with high-speed hosted capacity.

  By Stephen Lawson | 25 March, 2009 07:33

  Tags: backup, cloud computing, hosting, nas, online storage, the planet

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  EMC upgrades NAS line with SSDs, file deduplication

  EMC Monday announced an upgrade to its entire line of Celerra network-attached storage systems, saying it will now offer solid-state disks and file-level data de-duplication on the arrays and its gateway device.

  By Lucas Mearian | 24 February, 2009 08:06

  Tags: EMC, nas

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  Emulex combines FCoE, iSCSI, IP networking into one chip

  Emulex is developing a new converged network adapter that is optimized for virtualized infrastructures and maximizes blade consolidation while supporting several IP and storage networking protocols all within a single chip.

  By Jon Brodkin | 23 February, 2009 08:25

  Tags: Emulex, nas

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  LG Introduces Ultimate Storage Device: NAS with Blu-ray

  LG Electronics may have found the ultimate tech-combo product. The N4B1, shown at CES, is a network attached storage (NAS) device with a built-in Blu-ray writer for backups.

  By Melissa J. Perenson | 13 January, 2009 04:48

  Tags: CES, lg, nas

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  Sun to craft software stack into NAS appliances

  Sun Microsystems will introduce a storage appliance based on its FISHworks software package by the end of this year and later extend the technology to other types of products through partnerships.

  By Stephen Lawson | 05 September, 2008 13:05

  Tags: fishworks, nas, sun