Network Attached Storage - Advantages
Network Attached Storage - Advantages
NAS provides the following advantages in comparison to the File Server approach: faster data access; easy configuration; much easier administration; and lower cost. This makes NAS more attractive to smaller businesses. For larger organizations, a NAS system is often used to reduce the load on existing file servers by assuming all of the data access and redundancy responsibilities.
A NAS computer (more than one) is connected to the network and it is dedicated to provide only file-based data storage services to other attached client computers (or workstations) and servers. NAS computers are not designed to be servers; they don't have keyboards or monitors, but you are controlled or managed generally through a browser. And NAS computers have more than one hard disk, usually arranged inside a RAID configuration, which relieves this chore from file servers attached to the network.
What are the features of NAS? The following is a partial list:
A less expensive centralized storage device
Redundant storage arrays (RAID) that offer near real-time backup
Fast use of all types of data, including multimedia
Lower maintenance costs in comparison to file servers
Low cost network based storage for that home consumer market (cost equal to USB external hard drives)
Ease of use and simple configuration
An indirect advantage of a NAS computer is it improves the security of file servers attached to the network. This occurs because of all data being stored on the NAS computer(s) rather than the file servers, decreasing the possibility of lost or breached data. Synology
Because of the advantages cited above, a NAS system could save a small company thousands of dollars annually in reduced down-time, improved data access efficiency, lower IT support costs, minimizing hardware costs.
NAS provides the following advantages in comparison to the File Server approach: faster data access; easy configuration; much easier administration; and lower cost. This makes NAS more attractive to smaller businesses. For larger organizations, a NAS system is often used to reduce the load on existing file servers by assuming all of the data access and redundancy responsibilities.
A NAS computer (more than one) is connected to the network and it is dedicated to provide only file-based data storage services to other attached client computers (or workstations) and servers. NAS computers are not designed to be servers; they don't have keyboards or monitors, but you are controlled or managed generally through a browser. And NAS computers have more than one hard disk, usually arranged inside a RAID configuration, which relieves this chore from file servers attached to the network.
What are the features of NAS? The following is a partial list:
A less expensive centralized storage device
Redundant storage arrays (RAID) that offer near real-time backup
Fast use of all types of data, including multimedia
Lower maintenance costs in comparison to file servers
Low cost network based storage for that home consumer market (cost equal to USB external hard drives)
Ease of use and simple configuration
An indirect advantage of a NAS computer is it improves the security of file servers attached to the network. This occurs because of all data being stored on the NAS computer(s) rather than the file servers, decreasing the possibility of lost or breached data. Synology
Because of the advantages cited above, a NAS system could save a small company thousands of dollars annually in reduced down-time, improved data access efficiency, lower IT support costs, minimizing hardware costs.