IDC estimates that more will be spent on SANs and NAS combined than Direct Attached Storage (DAS) each year beginning in 2003.

The Network attached storage (NAS) server, appliance, or device is a specialized data delivery product designed specifically for performance, low cost of ownership, and reliability. NAS devices are designed to provide a safe, secure means of housing files and other data in an easy to access and manage storage subsystem.

NAS products provide many benefits over other disk storage subsystems. Benefits include:

• Lower maintenance costs
• Faster data response times and application speeds
• Higher Availability and Reliability
• Enhanced Migration of existing data
• Scalability

The convergence of Storage Area Network (SAN) and NAS architectures will also permit IT decision makers to continue deploying best-of-class solutions that are optimized to meet their unique business and application challenges. The movement to converged network storage makes possible:

• Storage centric data protection and administration
• Storage consolidation
• Heterogeneous information sharing from a single data image
• Ability to provide multiple levels of service to meet service level agreements and cost goals
• Increased storage utilization for heterogeneous environments
• Dispersed costs for storage acquisition (UNIX and Windows NT servers can take advantage of technology that was once financially prohibitive)
• Centralized/reduced management

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Companies can gain great efficiencies and cost savings by utilizing data management systems. Outsourcing data management is sensible and affordable. Free up crucial IT resources, increase service levels, reduce costs and guarantee your valuable investment is protected.

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