Storages

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Network Attached Storage or NAS is used as a server for storing data. The NAS is a small device with a stylish and functional design. By its principle of operation, it resembles a physical server (a place where data is accumulated with access to them via the Internet), but it compares favorably with it in several characteristics and parameters:
  • High-speed data availability;
  • Fast and easy capacity and capacity expansion;
  • Remote interaction with files;
  • In some models, there is also a wide range of additional features, for example, use as a video surveillance station, print server or iTunes server, and so on.

Modern network data storages operate based on hard disks as voluminous storage media capable of also providing maximum high-speed data exchange.

There is a huge variety of NAS servers that differ in some parameters and characteristics. The main ones to be guided by when choosing are the following:

  • Form Factor (Rack and Desktop)
  • The number, volume of drives, the ability to hot-swap;
  • SATA, RAID support;
  • Interface, operating system, software functions, management;
  • Ports and connectors (LAN ports, USB, eSATA, VGA output);
  • Processor model and specifications;
  • Power consumption and cooling.
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Other parameters may also differ - the number of cores, architecture, support for access and security, security, information encryption capabilities, separation of use rights, the presence of additional service utilities.
Simpler models are perfect for the home. NAS for the home can be with a small number of drives that can be connected without the use of tools, a pre-installed OS with a web interface.
Office needs may require a more powerful professional rack-mountable model with LAN ports, the ability to create a wide internal network with differentiated access. The higher the server power is required, the larger the number of cores, the power of the processors, the number of drives, the number of ports and sockets should be.

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