Storage area networks (SANs) and network-attached storage (NAS) owe their popularity to some compelling advantages in scalability, utilization and data management. But achieving high performance for ...

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I've been reviewing DAS (Direct-Attached Storage) solutions for Macs, especially for workflows like video editing and VM use. Here’s a breakdown that might help others in this thread: 1. HDD-Based DAS ...

If you look through the scores of online forums where Network Attached Storage (NAS) systems are discussed, one of the most common user “wants” is for a NAS to simultaneously be a DAS (Direct Attached ...

I used to think that DAS (Direct Attached Storage was the obvious winner for MPP data warehousing. But last week Vertica told me that a lot of their customers use SANs (Storage Area Networks). Now I’m ...

Emulex Corp. introduced a new entry-level line of SAN switch products designed for small and midsize businesses and small departmental SAN applications in a large enterprise. The new line has already ...

Macworld.com – A network-attached storage (NAS) drive is a dedicated storage device that uses its own operating system and software to provide centralized storage and file sharing over a computer ...

Storage technologies are a bit of an alphabet soup, with NAS, SAN, and DAS systems being offered. That’s Network Attached Storage, Storage Area Network, and Direct Attached Storage. The DAS is the ...