ACRO.IT Acronym Directory

Network Attached Storage is designed to separate storage resources from network and application servers, in order to simplify storage management and improve the reliability, performance and efficiency of the network, thus increasing the overall productivity of the organization. Network Attached Storage servers are self-contained, intelligent devices that attach directly to your existing LAN. A file system is located and managed on the NAS device and data is transferred to clients over industry standard network protocols (TCP/IP or IPX) using industry standard file sharing protocols (SMB/CIFS, NCP, NFS, AFP or HTTP). This intelligence on the NAS device enables true data sharing among heterogeneous network clients.