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Netgear ReadyNAS 1100 2TB Network Attached Storage

Posted by on September 22, 2008 10 comments

Visit http://tiger.tv/more_info/?254 for more info on this NAS device. ReadyNAS 1100 was designed specifically for small businesses and workgroups. The ultra efficient, rack-mountable, 1U Network Attached Storage (NAS) appliance is cost-effective as well as rich in features, including Gigabit Ethernet, hardware RAID, continuous system monitoring and effortless Active Directory integration. With ReadyNAS, there is no additional software to install because the operating system is embedded. Unlike other complicated or proprietary storage solutions, the ReadyNAS 1100 is a new class of NAS designed to meet the requirements of increasingly energy efficient computing environments. The ReadyNAS 1100 packs 2-gigabit interfaces, hardware RAID and 4 Hot Swap SATA disks all in a remarkable 12-inch deep 1U chassis! Quickly add network storage for any workgroup or department with the ReadyNAS 1100.

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SAN vs. NAS

Posted by on August 13, 2008 12 comments

My Summary: A NAS is just a filestore. It is just like a shared external hard drive. It is accessed as a shared drive and accessed like \\NAS-Server\folder1.

A SAN is also like that, but is accessed as a disk, and computers (servers) connecting to the SAN are allocated certain amounts of storage. They deal with the SAN as they would with a disk, in blocks. That allocation can change, so the storage is in a sense, virtualized. Computers have storage, and by expanding the SAN, you can allocate more space however you wish, to the computers accessing the SAN. So how do you access the SAN? iSCSI is one way - it just means using existing ethernet to access the SAN. It is lower performance and lower cost than alternate means. Fibre Channel is currently faster at around 4 GB/s.  Duration : 0:8:26

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