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anybody getting SATA drive failures in Dell nas

we have rolled out a number of Dell NAS and low end servers with SATA drives, around 18% of these have had multiple drive failures where during the regeneration of a failed drive a 2nd drive fails and the array goes pear, a couple of other servers have lost a...

Tags: dell, Dell Computer Corp., Dell NAS, failure, hardware, mintsause@..., NAS, sata, Serial ATA

Discussion threads 2006-01-12

Additional Resources

Network storage

Our server (Dell Power Edge 2850) is running out of storade space. I am looking in to purchaseing a Dell Power vault 2200 is this a good solution or is there a better more cost effective way of adding storage. I looked in to getting a NAS but...

Tags: storage, Power, jpknox287@..., networking, network, network storage

Discussion threads 2006-09-13

Network connects timeout

Hi,We are currently running on a Win 2000 server with most of our data residing on a Iomega NAS server which runs Win 2003 Server Appliance Edition. We have a small network and our workstations are Win 2000 and Win XP. On our latest machines (Dell sx280 and...

Tags: Dell Computer Corp., gesmith01@..., NAS, NAS server, network, network card, server, Win, windows

Q&A 2006-03-29

Remodeling the Data Center: A Centralized Data Storage Management Model Using a Dell | EMC SAN and NAS on SAN Enables Bombay Company to Revamp Its Most Important Room

The Bombay Company, Inc. designs and markets a unique line of home furnishings and decorative accessories-including lamps, prints, and mirrors-through specialty catalogs, the Internet, and 422 retail outlets in the United States and around the world. The challenge for the IT department at Bombay was to keep the company's inventory...

Tags: NAS, Dell Computer Corp., Data Storage, Data Center, SAN, EMC Corp., Network-Attached Storage (NAS), Storage Management, Storage, Storage Area Networks (SAN), Servers, Hardware

Case studies

NAS Virtualization Solution Evaluation Criteria

NAS virtualization provides the capability to effectively manage the heterogeneous NAS and file server environment by providing a layer of abstraction between the NAS devices, file servers, and the clients that access them. It provides a single logical view of the heterogeneous NAS environment spread across different file systems on...

Tags: NAS, Project Performance, NAS Virtualization, Network-Attached Storage (NAS), Storage, Hardware

White papers 2007-10-01

Antivirus Protection for the Sun StorageTek 5000 NAS Appliance

The Sun StorageTek 5000 NAS Appliance family has features that protect Common Internet File System CIFS clients from viruses in files stored on the appliance. These features are a standard part of Sun StorageTek NAS OS, the Sun StorageTek 5000 NAS Appliance's Operating System, and are known as the NAS...

Tags: NAS, Antivirus, Sun Microsystems Inc., Antivirus Protection, StorageTek, Sun StorageTek 5000 NAS Appliance Family, Network-Attached Storage (NAS), Storage, Hardware

White papers 2007-08-01

The NAS Gateway Effect: How the Re-Invention of NAS Is Changing Enterprise Storage

IT managers looking for battle-hardened, enterprise-scalable storage for their most demanding applications have a surprising new alternative: NAS. While NAS itself is not new, the next-generation NAS solutions now on the market are new. NAS is into its next stage of evolution and now includes industrial-strength solutions for IT managers...

Tags: NAS, Gateway Inc., Enterprise Storage, Network-Attached Storage (NAS), Storage, Hardware

White papers 2006-05-01

Pricing Comparisons Between Windows-Based and Non-Windows-Based NAS Solutions

In this paper, Windows-based and non-Windows-based NAS solutions were compared across several categories of typical configurations. For both Dedicated NAS a NAS device with its own storage resources and NAS Gateway (a NAS device utilizing the storage resources of a Storage Area Network [SAN]) solutions, systems from various vendors were...

Tags: NAS, Microsoft Windows, Pricing Strategy, Network-Attached Storage (NAS), Storage, Hardware

White papers 2004-09-01

Selecting the Right NAS Appliance for Your Workgroup LAN

Data storage is a major concern for enterprises today. Network attached storage NAS is a new alternative to adding disk drives and PC servers to existing networks to increase storage space. This article discusses the benefits of NAS and what to look for when researching an NAS appliance for your...

Tags: NAS, Data Storage, LAN, Network, Network-Attached Storage (NAS), Storage, Hardware

White papers 2001-07-01

NAS/SAN Fusion: Exchange and File Storage Consolidation

This white paper begins by introducing the reader to SAN-based and Windows Powered NAS-based technologies. Next, this paper describes the NAS/SAN fusion solution overview, the required components, the solution design, and the required hardware and software. A discussion on implementing a NAS/SAN fusion deployment follows, focusing on the design, sizing,...

Tags: Storage Consolidation, NAS, SAN, Network-Attached Storage (NAS), Storage, Storage Area Networks (SAN), Storage Management, Hardware

White papers 2003-03-01

Sun StorEdge NAS Solutions: The Business Case for Network-Attached Storage (NAS)

Network-Attached Storage NAS systems are designed to provide a storage and data consolidation platform for files that can be shared between heterogeneous clients and servers. This paper describes how Sun StorEdge NAS technology can provide efficiencies in storage utilization, management, and costs. It also provides an overview of the Sun...

Tags: Business Case, Sun StorEdge, NAS, Sun Microsystems Inc., Network-Attached Storage (NAS), Storage, Hardware

White papers 2006-03-01

Dell PowerVault NX1950 Storage for the Small-to-Medium Business

Combining the capabilities of SAN and NAS, the Dell PowerVault NX1950 Integrated NAS Solution provides both block application data through iSCSI and file data through the CIFS and NFS standards. The NX1950 is available with up to 45 SAS drives and can be configured as a High Availability solution with...

Tags: Dell Computer Corp., Dell PowerVault, Small And Medium Business, NX1950, Storage Management, Smb/Sme, Servers, Storage, Hardware

White papers 2007-08-01

Cracking open the SMC NAS TigerStore storage device

NAS storage is quickly becoming a common component of small business networks as well as the home office. Not too far behind will come the day where many home networks will have a NAS device for serving media files. It is with this prospect in mind that manufacturers like SMC...

Tags: Network-attached storage (NAS), storage device, SMC, NAS, NAS Device, home office, storage, home network, small business, manufacturer, NAS storage, marketing, network

Image galleries 2007-07-19

Windows 2003 Server "disc image / recovery discs" creation

Hi AllI have a dell poweredge 850 server and Powervault NAS running. I wish to make a recovery image of both these. I believe the NAS uses raid 5 and have heard you cannot image or ghost such a setup.I basically want to create something that will restore my server...

Tags: disc, NAS, cornelis.vanrensburg@..., windows, software, hardware, networking, windows 2003 server, pdc, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows 2003, Microsoft Windows Server 2003, server

Discussion threads 2007-02-28

Hitachi Data Systems: Attacking the NAS Market With Compelling Business Value

With general availability in February 2006 of two types of NAS solutions, Hitachi Data Systems has signaled its intent to make an aggressive move into the NAS market space and compete in the longterm. The first is the introduction of a new product family of Hitachi TagmaStore Workgroup Modular Storage...

Tags: NAS, Solution, Hitachi Ltd., Network-Attached Storage (NAS), Storage, Hardware

White papers 2007-07-20

Improving Scalability, Manageability, and Performance for Network-Attached Storage (NAS) Solutions

No one disputes the theoretical advantages of Network-Attached Storage NAS compared to direct-attached storage. The inefficiencies involved with multiple, separate data storage platforms can be greatly improved with an alternative NAS solution. Scalability, availability, and performance can also be enhanced with the currently available NAS platforms. However, many NAS solutions...

Tags: NAS, Performance, Scalability, Network-Attached Storage (NAS), Storage, Hardware

White papers 2007-09-01

Lowering Costs, Accelerating Performance With NAS Clusters: Higher Performance, Modular Expansion, and System Availability at Dramatically Lower Cost

The PolyServe Network-Attached Storage NAS Cluster solution powered by PolyServe Matrix Server provides a unique solution that addresses the scalability, availability and manageability of file serving in the enterprise. PolyServe NAS Cluster addresses the scalability and performance bottleneck posed by the most demanding, data-intensive applications. In addition, the PolyServe NAS...

Tags: PolyServe Inc., NAS, Performance, PolyServe NAS Cluster, Network-Attached Storage (NAS), Storage, Performance Management, Hardware, Human Resources, Workforce Management

White papers 2004-10-05

ESG Report: Next Generation NAS

Once considered a workgroup-level solution, Network Attached Storage NAS is now moving into large-scale enterprise applications that benefit from its inherent simplicity. To accommodate the requirements of these larger deployments, "next generation NAS" systems are coming to market with greater scalability and powerful new management features. This paper reviews the...

Tags: NAS, Network, ONStor, Network-Attached Storage (NAS), Storage, Hardware

White papers 2006-08-01

Microsoft does NAS with Windows Storage Server 2003

It all sounds so wonderful. Sign me right up. I would like to hear about network and I/O bandwidth supported by the platform. I am sure these are just configuration issues but how many private channels DATA can it support on the network and not get confused. ...

Tags: Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows Storage Server, Microsoft Windows Storage Server 2003, NAS, solarcarnut

Discussion threads 2004-12-15

Best Practices for Securing Network-Attached Storage

Quality network-attached storage NAS provides many compelling benefits, such as increased performance, heterogeneous data access, data redundancy, ease of storage management, and realtime backup recovery. NAS has been steadily growing in popularity because it also separates data from the application server. However, the implementation of a NAS system brings about...

Tags: NAS, Best Practice, Network-Attached Storage (NAS), Storage, Hardware

White papers 2004-04-01