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Overview

Digital information is a critical component of today's business. The volume of information that business users need to capture and manage grows every day — and often that data needs to be accessed around the clock. The diverse variety of information IT systems must accommodate is fuelling this growth: multimedia files are as commonplace as word processing and spreadsheet files.

As an IT manager, you are faced with critical choices. Do you restrict the type and quantity of information each user is allowed to store and access, potentially limiting their capability to perform their daily activities? Or, do you continue to invest in individual disk drive after disk drive that you connect exclusively to a single server in a Direct Attached Storage (DAS) model that drains man-hours with management and monitoring requirements?

There is another approach. NAS (Network Attached Storage) provides a more flexible, intelligent, and manageable storage resource that can not only keep up with today's business challenges, but can adapt as your own needs and requirements evolve. A NAS solution can:
Reduce the amount of time it takes to manage and allocate disk space.
Enable the sharing of storage resources between workstations and servers running different operating systems.
Support a fully optimized and tuned file and print solution that you can deploy in minutes rather than hours, with full integration into your existing IT infrastructure.
Give you the freedom to manage your solution from any place at any time with a standard Web browser.
This guide will provide you with a basic introduction to NAS, help you evaluate NAS technologies, and better understand how they can serve your storage needs. The sections of the guide include:

»  Inside a NAS: Learn more about the inner workings of a NAS.
»  Which HP solution is right for you: Use our decision tree to find the right solution for your company.

Note: Follow the "Download a PDF version" link at right to download a PDF version of this guide that includes additional product information and answers to your most frequently asked NAS questions.
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