Tuesday, May 3, 2011

SAN vs. NAS

SAN vs. NAS

Storage Area Network attaches remote computer storage devices (disk arrays, tape libraries, & optical jukeboxes) to servers in such a way that the devices appear as locally attached to the OS.

Network-attached Storage uses file-based protocols such as NFS or SMB/CIFS where it is clear that the storage is remote, & computers request a portion of an abstract file rather than a disk block.

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