What is all the fuss about NAS storage anyways?
Enterprise NAS is designed to connect to your local area network to provide file-level access similar to a server. But the takeaway is that NAS provides centralized data storage for your entire organization. This alone has saved businesses buck loads of time.
Here we will see a few of the many reasons enterprise NAS storage is a popular storage choice among businesses.
NAS storage enables faster access to data.
In today’s rapidly increasing digital world, the importance of accessing the data you need when you need it is priceless. Unfortunately, having slow storage is not an option for many small to medium business owners. If they have essential data that they want to access regularly, it’s no laughing matter if their NAS suffers from poor performance or frequent breakdowns. NAS is an all in one solution to this problem. It provides a centralized – fast access to storage.
NAS is enabling better use of existing IT investments.
Businesses are looking for opportunities to optimize their IT investments. The best NAS systems have significantly advanced enough for SMBs to store all their data securely, use their storage infrastructure in a way that makes them functionally better than before, and easily take advantage of existing IT investments.
NAS storage offer redundancy and high availability
Downtime is expensive. So NAS storage is usually set up with redundant hardware. NAS devices often integrate file systems with high availability and redundancy features, such as RAID and replication. The disks work as one unit, and if one disk fails, the system automatically switches to the backup disk.
NAS is enabling organizations to become more strategic.
Many businesses today are coming to realize that data is a common asset. This makes them look at information differently and reorganize workflow, processes, systems, infrastructure, and personnel to support that new vision.
This is why more and more businesses are turning to NAS for data storage. NAS has added a new dimension to data storage and utilization and offers businesses more choices. They can deploy NAS systems across their infrastructure, from file servers to storage arrays, to backup appliances. In addition, the flexibility provided by NAS storage allows businesses the freedom to deploy NAS systems based on the company’s specific needs.
Takeaway
NAS storage has two main advantages. The first is its cost-effectiveness. Businesses that store data on NAS solutions can cut costs dramatically.
The second is its versatility. While NAS storage is cost-effective, it is also highly versatile, making it even more economical. Businesses can deploy NAS systems to suit their specific needs.
In addition, NAS is enabling enterprises to become more future-proof by providing a scalable solution that can be molded to suit the needs of any organization.
If you are interested, check out StoneFly’s SSO NAS appliances that can scale unlimitedly with over a petabyte of storage per cluster.
