Storage virtualization techniques are being applied to block as well as file-based network-attached storage (NAS) in medium-size and enterprise environments. Storage virtualization technologies ...

Storage virtualization – whether through storage-area networks (SAN), network-attached storage (NAS) or a combination of the two – cuts costs in two main ways. First, it increases overall ...

But data storage needs grew, so we started adding multiple disk drives. Finding and managing these became harder and took more time, so we developed RAID, network-attached storage and storage-area ...

By this definition, a massive amount of technology can huddle under the storage virtualization umbrella, including RAID, Fibre Channel to SCSI bridges, and network-attached storage (NAS).

The two major approaches to achieving storage virtualization are SANs and network-attached storage (NAS). “Both are networking technology implementations enabling the storage, movement and sharing of ...

The SA200f provides both Windows and NFS (Network File System) NAS functionality, plus easily accessible storage replication, mirroring, and virtualization. The blade has a Web-based management ...

Vendors often use the term “virtualization” to describe myriad products, including global name spaces, virtual storage area networks (VSANs), pooled NAS (network-attached storage), thin ...

The problem: out-of-control storage costs. The solution: storage virtualization ... and IP-based network-attached storage (NAS). Vendors such as Brocade and McData specialize in the former ...

Longtime storage vendor entered virtualization last year with AssuredUVS, a storage appliance that virtualizes SAN and NAS storage under a common interface. Uses virtualization technology from ...

This will allow IT managers to consolidate network-attached storage and storage virtualization functions on a single switch. The MXV320, which began shipping last month, has a starting price of ...