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NAS

ALSO CALLED: Storage Network and Network Attached Storage
DEFINITION: Network-attached storage (NAS) is hard disk storage that is set up with its own network address rather than being attached to the department computer that is serving applications to a network's workstation users. By removing storage access and its management from the department server,  … 
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QUALITY AWARDS III: Netapp Sweeps NAS Awards
sponsored by Storage Magazine
JOURNAL ARTICLE: Perennially strong in midrange NAS, NetApp adds the enterprise-class award in the latest Diogenes Labs-Storage magazine Quality Award.
Posted: 02 Sep 2008 | Published: 01 Jun 2008
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TOPICS:  NAS | SAN

LiquidIQ Data Sheet
sponsored by Liquid Computing
DATA SHEET: LiquidIQ makes data centers easy to manage by delivering an integrated solution that makes complicated infrastructure changes dynamic and effortless.
Posted: 27 Aug 2008 | Published: 25 Aug 2008
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Storage Magazine - August 2008
sponsored by Storage Magazine
WHITE PAPER: Read Storage Magazine's August edition which features the following articles: Enterprise-ready VTLs, Quality Awards IV: It's a tie--EMC and NetApp share enterprise array honors, Storage at your service, Lights, camera, storage!
Posted: 19 Aug 2008 | Published: 19 Aug 2008
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Accelerate Business and Reduce Costs with EMC Archiving Solution
sponsored by EMC Corporation
CASE STUDY: This case study tracks the success of the Scotts Miracle-Gro Company as they faced enormous growth in production SAP, Microsoft Exchange, and file-sharing environments and details how they handled the resulting problems.
Posted: 15 Aug 2008 | Published: 15 Aug 2008
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ExaGrid: Simply State-of-the-Art D2D
sponsored by ExaGrid Systems, Inc.
WHITE PAPER: Disk-based backup took the market by storm several years ago with a compelling proposition: replace tape with high-speed disk to speed up and simplify backup.
Posted: 15 Aug 2008 | Published: 15 Aug 2008
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Best Practices for Optimizing Performance and Availability in Virtual Infrastructures
sponsored by Nimsoft, Inc.
WHITE PAPER: This whitepaper discusses best practices for Optimizing Performance and Availability in Virtual Infrastructures. It also gives an overview of all the infrastructure components that comprise an effective, high-quality virtualized IT service.
Posted: 15 Aug 2008 | Published: 15 Aug 2008
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SRM brings new levels of visibility and automation to storage
sponsored by SearchStorage.com
WHITE PAPER: Many storage professionals are turning to a new generation of storage resource management (SRM) tools to help them understand the configuration of their storage environment and the behavior of the individual storage components.
Posted: 12 Aug 2008 | Published: 12 Aug 2008
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The Eco-friendly Data Center
sponsored by Hitachi Data Systems
WHITE PAPER: This white paper discusses eco-friendly storage solutions that not only meet organizations storage requirements but also help them to reduce power, cooling and facilities costs while complying with environmental directives.
Posted: 11 Aug 2008 | Published: 01 Nov 2007
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Meeting Data Storage Challenges with Eco-friendly Solutions
sponsored by Hitachi Data Systems
WHITE PAPER: With eco-friendly demands coming in the form of economic issues, government directives and public pressure, organizations that fail to adapt their operations to address environmental issues face the prospects of incurring additional costs.
Posted: 11 Aug 2008 | Published: 01 Jan 2007
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Virtualization Reference Guide: Discover the Benefits of One Computer Doing the Work of Many
sponsored by CDW Corporation
BOOK: This document provides information that allows to make educated decisions and it also examines those areas that can see marked improvement through virtualization.
Posted: 09 Aug 2008 | Published: 01 Aug 2008
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Where Are You Going with Virtualization? Next Steps in Technology
sponsored by CDW Corporation
WHITE PAPER: As virtualization matures as a technology, there are several trends that organizations will want to watch. This white paper provides the details
Posted: 09 Aug 2008 | Published: 23 Jan 2008
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Protecting Vital Business Interests with a Simplified Storage Solution
sponsored by Dell | EMC
PRODUCT LITERATURE: Effective storage systems have become a critical element of enterprise operations. This paper explains how Dell Services enables organizations to maximize business continuity and mitigate the risk of disaster or litigation.
Posted: 08 Aug 2008 | Published: 01 Nov 2007
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Consolidate and Simplify Backup and Recovery for Your VMware Environment
sponsored by Data Domain
WEBCAST: In this webcast you will learn about this powerful solution, hear about specific deployments and the resulting benefits.
Posted: 04 Aug 2008 | Premiered: Available On Demand
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e-Zine Storage Virtualization Workbook
sponsored by SearchStorage.com
EDITORIAL RESOURCE GUIDE: This storage virtualization workbook walks you through the products and processes involved in a virtualization project, including three approaches to address combined storage virtualization and SRM software needs.
Posted: 30 Jul 2008 | Published: 01 Jul 2008
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IT Briefing: The Growing Importance of Email Archiving
sponsored by Arrow ECS Midmarket Group
WHITE PAPER: This whitepaper addresses why email archiving is an important subject for integrators to raise with their customers, discusses email management problems and solutions, and finally offers advice on how integrators should be approaching this market
Posted: 28 Jul 2008 | Published: 01 Jul 2008
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Chapter 1: Storage Consolidation Tools
sponsored by Overland Storage
WHITE PAPER: Storage managers need to know how to purchase products for their storage consolidation initiatives. This guide covers purchasing criteria and product specs for consolidation technologies such as NAS, disk arrays, data migration tools and virtualization.
Posted: 25 Jul 2008 | Published: 05 Feb 2008
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Scalable NAS for Oracle WebDemo
sponsored by Hewlett-Packard Company
WEBCAST: View this Webcast to learn about scalable Network-attached storage (NAS) solutions for Oracle databases and the benefits they deliver.
Posted: 21 Jul 2008 | Premiered: Available On Demand
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Improving Data Center Energy Efficiency: A Holistic Approach
sponsored by Burton Group
WHITE PAPER: The need for more computer power and network storage shows no sign of stopping anytime soon, and data centers are already low on power. While energy-efficient technologies exist, they are not a panacea. Technology must be combined with...
Posted: 18 Jul 2008 | Published: 18 Sep 2007
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Scalable, Fault-tolerant NAS for Oracle Whitepaper
sponsored by Hewlett-Packard Company
WHITE PAPER: HP offers a scalable, modular, high performance NAS solution for Oracle 10g RAC and non RAC with no single point of failure. Using NAS storage for Oracle makes provisioning and managing storage much easier than using SAN storage.
Posted: 16 Jul 2008 | Published: 01 Apr 2008
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Leveraging eDiscovery in Litigation
sponsored by StoredIQ
WHITE PAPER: eDiscovery has become a major factor in the outcomes of most civil litigation cases. This paper examines the challenges organizations face in storing and retrieving data effectively, as well as new generation technology that can help them do so.
Posted: 15 Jul 2008 | Published: 01 Sep 2007
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Disaster Recovery (DR): It's All about the Data!
sponsored by F5 Networks
WHITE PAPER: This document is based on an F5 Networks/TechTarget webcast moderated by Bill Peldzus, the Director of Storage Architecture at GlassHouse Technologies.
Posted: 15 Jul 2008 | Published: 01 Jul 2008
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Untangling Data Deduplication
sponsored by Overland Storage
VIDEOCAST: In this videocast, analyst and industry veteran Arun Taneja uncovers some of the important basics and trends related to data deduplication.
Posted: 09 Jul 2008 | Premiered: 09 Jul 2008, 09:00 EDT (13:00 GMT)
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Challenges to Data Center Storage and Networking
sponsored by Dell, Inc.
WHITE PAPER: This white paper explains in detail the challenges and issues regarding data center storage and networking and how it is affecting companies.
Posted: 09 Jul 2008 | Published: 01 Jul 2008
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Storage Virtualization Presentation Download: Breaking the Connections
sponsored by Dell, Inc.
WHITE PAPER: Storage virtualization is here, breaking the connection between physical storage infrastructure and the way we use it. This presentation download provides an overview on storage virtualization and the different kinds of virtualization technologies...
Posted: 08 Jul 2008 | Published: 08 Jul 2008
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Latest Developments in Storage Networking
sponsored by EMC Partner Organization
VIDEOCAST: View this Videocast, featuring Jeff Boles, Technology Analyst for the Taneja Group, as he shares his insights into networking technologies, planning and design, and incorporating new and emerging storage networking technologies.
Posted: 30 Jun 2008 | Premiered: 30 Jun 2008, 09:00 EDT (13:00 GMT)
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NAS DEFINITION (continued): …  both application programming and files can be served faster because they are not competing for the same processor resources. The network-attached storage device is attached to a local area network (typically, an Ethernet network) and assigned an IP address. File requests are mapped by the main server to the NAS file server.

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