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Snap Server Network Attached Storage Solutions
Snap Servers provide Network Attached Storage to a wide variety of operating systems either via file sharing or block level storage using iSCSI.
What is Network Attached Storage?
Network Attached Storage separates the application server from the storage. This increases overall system performance by allowing the servers to perform application requests and the NAS to serve files or run applications.
As the name suggests Network Attached Storage allows disk-based storage to connect directly on a network using a 10/100Mbit or Gigabit Ethernet connection, many now also feature dual Gigabit connectivity. It is a fully self-contained file server that can be used to serve files or run applications. A wide variety of networking protocols can also be supported TCP/IP, IPX, NetBEUI, Appletalk, NFS v3, HTTP 1.1, FTP this allows a wide variety of operating systems access to the NAS Storage.
The disk capacities range from a single spindle disk of 80GB all the way up to a multi-terabyte disk solution.
How does it work?
All NAS Servers use an operating system; this operating system is typically Windows Storage Server or Linux. Once the NAS is connected to the network the NAS Server becomes a virtual OS server mimicking a Windows 2003, MAC, Unix, Linux server etc. One of the major benefits of using Network Attached Storage is there are no software licences payable.
You can now easily create users shares, integrate it into Microsoft Active Directory or create drive letters on the users desktop.
A NAS server has all the components of a traditional server but has no keyboard, monitor and mouse connected. The NAS servers have hard disks, processors, motherboards, memory, SCSI controllers, power supplies, fans and networking for connectivity.
Management of the NAS Server is via a web browser or Windows Terminal Services. From this you can configure and monitor all the functionality the NAS Server offers. The typical configuration time for a NAS device is about 15 minutes from connection.
What can Network Attached Storage provide?
A primary usage of a NAS server is instant disk space. Whilst many of the early adopters chose NAS and used it purely for this purpose many of today’s NAS devices can be used in a wide variety of applications and uses.
 It's also a solution that can scale easily, so you can add more storage hardware when it is needed. Easy to use and manage through GUI or Terminal Services. Faster than traditional file servers, so the operating system and architecture has been optimised. Increased reliability due to reduced component count and less lines of operating system code.
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| Snap Servers new features | | - SATA-II or SAS disk drives
- Redundant power supplies
- AMD Opteron processors
- 500GB Virtual tape library
- Upto 4GB memory | |
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| Special projects | | If you are working on a special project that requires a number of Snap Servers, please call us on 08704 286186 for pricing. | |
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Fortuna Power Systems Ltd have been successfully selling Snap Servers since March 2000. With the sale by Quantum in October 2002 to Snap Appliance all future Snap Servers will be Snap Appliance branded. If you need assistance in choosing the correct Snap Appliance product for your application or require pricing or an evaluation unit please call us on +44 (0)8704 286186 or e-mail: sales |
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