Network Attached storage (NAS)

Nas, English is all called network attached storage, can be translated into network attached storage. It is defined as a special dedicated data storage server, embedded system software, which provides cross-platform file sharing capabilities. NAS devices completely data-centric, the storage device and the server completely separated, centralized management of data, thereby effectively releasing bandwidth, greatly improve the overall performance of the network, but also effectively reduce the total cost of ownership, protect user investment.

In just a few years ' development, NAS device has gradually become the preferred key device for network data storage. The IDC forecast reports that NAS equipment will earn 66 a year in the coming years. The rate of 5% increases by 2003 will be close to 7 billion dollars. More and more people are starting to focus on NAS devices and their underlying networked data storage solutions, and more and more companies are studying NAS products. NAS Product application Mature network technology, has been widely used in educational research, isp/asp, IDC, Web/e-mail server cluster, finance/insurance, telecommunications, CAD, medical systems, printing, network audio and video VOD on demand and many other fields.