Philips shows off simple NAS device

Phillips NASIf you’re looking for a simple NAS (Network Attached Storage) solution, Philips has you covered.

They have released one of the most simplistic NAS drives out there. It looks like just a simple external hard drive, but instead of a USB cord, just plug in an ethernet cable and you’re ready to go. It has a built-in FTP server so th

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Netgear Makes NAS Move

Netgear Nas

Netgear recently padded its storage networking gear portfolio by acquiring Infrant Technologies for $60 million in cash. The networking vendor wants Infrant’s ReadyNAS network attached storage (NAS) appliances, which provide RAID data protection for small businesses looking to sock away a lot of data without breaking the bank.

The current Infrant product line includes Re

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" While the deal is a cash exchange for $60 million, Infrant shareholders may receive a total additional payout of up to $20 million in cash over the three years following close of the deal if specific revenue targets are reached.

Network Attached Storage Product Review

Network Attached Storage Product Review

The Linksys EtherFast NAS EFG120 is a capable solution for your home or small business, with some nice features.
The EFG120 has two removable 3.5-inch drive bays, each lockable, so you can expand the amount of storage easily. It can also act as a small-office file and print server, but unfortunately is limited to a s

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Consumer Network Attached Storage

Consumer Network Attached Storage

Consumer Network attached storage (NAS) is important to manufacturers. As the variety and quantity of digital media content stored on the home PC expands, and as home networks optimized for media sharing become more commonplace, consumers will seek a more secure and convenient way to store and access this content. According to Consum

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" Home networks have been, to this point, used primarily to share files between PCs, share peripherals, or share a single Internet connection, a usage scenario that does not obviously generate demand for network attached storage solutions.

Build a Network Attached Storage Device

To Build a Network attached storage device is an answer to today’s business requirements of ERP, MIS and databases, where data has to be accessed by multiple users, both internal and external. NAS is a stand alone, dedicated, high-speed communicating machine that has its own OS and software and is connected directly to the network.
You can get NAS solutions from big companies such as HP, IBM, Dell, at equally big costs. Or, you could read this article and use ordinary hardware to

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" It is very easy to install the Server Appliance Kit. During installation, just select ‘Network Attached Storage (NAS) Appliance’ in the ‘Select the type of appliance’ window and your appliance is ready to use.

Besy Buy Network Attached Storage

Best Buy Network attached storage

A Best Buy Network attached storage (NAS) is the Linksys EtherFast Network Attached Storage EFG250 When connected by gigabit ethernet, this business-class networked storage device was one of our top performers.

Linksys EtherFast Network Attached Storage EFG250

The Linksys EtherFast Network Attached Storage EFG250 was the only NAS device we test

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" The EFG250's wizard-based setup was easy--in fact, we had the unit connected and serving data in less than 10 minutes. A Web-based configuration utility lets you set up users, groups, and private shared folders.