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Direct Attached Storage
Network Attached Storage
Storage Area Network
IPSAN,
iSCSI
Network Attached Storage - NAS
(Call us and let us steer you to the
solution that will best suites you)
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StoreVault S550 |
2U, 1- 12TB (12 Drives) **Dual Parity |
NAS & iSCSI |
StoreVault Promotion
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StoreVault S300 |
4U, 1- 4TB (8 Drives) **Dual Parity |
NAS & iSCSI |
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Same OS as in the larger NetApp
FAS solutions |
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Unified Storage Gateways |
Virtualization of Existing Storage Assets |
NAS & iSCSI |
Concurrent IP SAN and NAS
performance
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Unified Storage Systems |
Virtualization of New Storage Assets |
NAS & iSCSI |
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Unified Storage Gateway |
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Adaptec/Overland Storage
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Hundreds of
thousands of units in the field.
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Snap Server 650 |
1U 1.2TB - 85.2TB |
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Snap Server
520 |
1U, 1TB - 88TB |
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Snap Server 410 |
1U, 640GB - 3TB |
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Snap Server 210 |
Max 1.5TB |
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Snap Server 110 |
Max 750GB |
NAS and iSCSI |
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A trusted name in
the industry |
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OnStor |
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Competes with the likes
of NetApp, with big savings
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Bobcat 2220 |
2 FC Ports, 2 Gig E Ports |
NAS Gateway |
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Bobcat 2240 |
2 FC Ports, 2 Gig E Ports |
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Bobcat 2260 |
2 FC Ports, 2 Gig E Ports |
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Bobcat 2280 |
4 FC Ports, 4 Gig E Ports |
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Pantera 2220 |
2 FC Ports, 2 Gig E Ports with
drives |
Clustered, scalable
NAS |
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Pantera 2240 |
2 FC Ports, 2 Gig E Ports with
drives |
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Pantera 2260 |
2 FC Ports, 2 Gig E Ports with
drives |
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Pantera 2280 |
4 FC Ports, 4 Gig E Ports with
drives |
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Enterprise storage for superior reliability; Tiered storage
to meet application needs; SATA, SAS and Fibre Drives - large capacity |
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Arena |
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Solid unit - build to
suite
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410GT |
Table Top, 4 Bay (4 Drives) |
NAS |
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820SR |
2U, 8 Bay (8 Drives) |
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Just add drives -
easy to use and install |
For backup or staging of data consider
iSCSI
Do you see the appliance you are looking for?
If so please contact us at 800-663-5523 or click here.
The advantages of
Network
Attached Storage
over conventional server-attached storage can be summed up in three words:
economy, speed, and ease. The NAS
device sits on the network and is optimized for a single purpose: to pump data
to users efficiently without the overhead and complexity of general-purpose
servers. NAS
devices can produce improved file access performance at a substantially lower
cost than general-purpose network servers. When factoring in the additional cost
savings generated with plug-and-play installation that literally takes just
minutes and ongoing reduced management costs.
NAS
is often
contrasted with SANs, but NAS
is actually under the "storage network" umbrella.
The major difference is that the SAN is channel attached, and the NAS is network
attached. Adding or removing a NAS system is like
adding or removing any network node.
NAS -Primarily designed to provide access at the file
level. Organizations working on LANs consider NAS the most economical addition
to storage.
DAS or SAN - Optimized for high-volume block-orientated data
transfers.
What is a NAS, SAN, RAID,
Logical Drive ....
NAS: File-Level Data Sharing
Across the Enterprise
NAS is a special purpose device, comprised of both hard disks and management
software, which is 100% dedicated to serving files over a network. A server has
the dual functions of file sharing and application serving in the DAS model,
potentially causing network slowdowns. NAS relieves the server of storage and
file serving responsibilities, and provides a lot more flexibility in data
access by virtue of being independent.
NAS is an ideal choice for organizations looking for a simple and cost-effective
way to achieve fast data access for multiple clients at the file level.
Implementers of NAS benefit from performance and productivity gains.
In recent years, NAS has developed more sophisticated functionality, leading to
its growing adoption in enterprise departments and workgroups. It is not
uncommon for NAS to go head to head with storage area networks in the purchasing
decision, or become part of a NAS/SAN convergence scheme. High reliability
features such as RAID and hot swappable drives and components are standard even
in lower end NAS systems, while midrange offerings provide enterprise data
protection features such as replication and mirroring for business continuance.
NAS also makes sense for enterprises looking to consolidate their
direct-attached storage resources for better utilization. Since resources cannot
be shared beyond a single server in DAS, systems may be using as little as half
of their full capacity. With NAS, the utilization rate is high since storage is
shared across multiple servers.
NAS is an attractive investment that provides tremendous value, considering that
the main alternatives are adding new servers, which is an expensive proposition,
or expanding the capacity of existing servers, a long and arduous process that
is usually more trouble than it's worth. NAS systems can provide many terabytes
of storage in high density form factors, making efficient use of data center
space. As the volume of digital information continues to grow, organizations
with high scalability requirements will find it much more cost-effective to
expand upon NAS than DAS. Multiple NAS systems can also be centrally managed,
conserving time and resources.
Another important consideration for a medium sized business or large enterprise
is heterogeneous data sharing. With DAS, each server is running its own
operating platform, so there is no common storage in an environment that may
include a mix of Windows, Mac and Linux workstations. NAS systems can integrate
into any environment and serve files across all operating platforms. On the
network, a NAS system appears like a native file server to each of its different
clients. That means that files are saved on the NAS system, as well as retrieved
from the NAS system, in their native file formats. NAS is also based on industry
standard network protocols such as TCP/IP, FC and CIFS.
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If so please contact us at 800-663-5523 or click here.
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