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SAN(Storage Area Network) vs NAS (Network Attached Storage) vs DAS (Direct Attached Storage)

A NAS is cheaper storage than a SAN – Both can use RAID, if you had four 16 TB NAS boxes they would appear as 4 seperate pools of storage, conversely four 16 TB SAN’s would appear as one 64TB central pool of storage. Furthermore a SAN can be set-up to asynchronously replicate with another… Read More »

What is File hosting?

A File Hosting Service, Online File storage service is an Internet hosting service which is specifically designed to host static content. Online Media Center also comes in this category. This type services deal with Static Content, typically large files which are not web pages. This services can be optimized for many users. There are some… Read More »