Network attached Storage

The main benefits of NAS are: • Resource Pooling (enabling disk storage capacity to be consolidated and pooled as a shared network resource). • Improved reliability and availability. • Exploits existing infrastructure (exploits exisitng TCP/IP LAN infrastructure). • Total cost of ownership reduced. • NAS Gateway (acts as a gateway to your SAN if you have one). • Connectivity (NAS appliances allow for concurrent attachment to multiple networks, thus supporting many users). • Enhanced back-up. If you would like to find out more about Network Attached Storage, or would like an audit of your existing storage environment, CI will make consultants available at your convenience.

CI's expertise in networking is now being applied to storage and its associated methods of access. Network attached storage devices (NAS) are high performance systems that provide shared data to clients and other servers on a Local Area Network. NAS addresses many of the limitations of direct attached storage whilst overcoming some of the complexities associated with SANs (Storage Area Networks).