7 April 2021

Advantages and disadvantages of NAS

NAS stands for network-attached storage, It has shared storage on a local area network. A network-attached storage (NAS) server is a storage device that consists of a high-performance file server that connects to a LAN. A NAS server is a specialized appliance designed to serve, store, serve, and retrieve files. So here this article gives the advantages and disadvantages of NAS to better understand this topic.

Advantages of NAS:

  • Relatively inexpensive
  • A self-contained solution
  • Ease of administration 
  • It is multi-protocol
  • A wide array of system and size to choose from
  • Drive failure tolerant storage volumes
  • Automatic backup to other devices and the cloud.
  • Easy to install and configure
  • 24/7 and remote data availability
  • More flexible than DAS
  • It requires some knowledge of computer network to use them efficiently
  • Universal client access
  • With NAS you will get the same speed of data transfer as DAS that is faster
  • The user who wants their data processed directly because will need to do it through installed OS
Disadvantages of NAS:
  • Performance depends on the protocol
  • Slow down for video application or multiple large files
  • It is file oriented
  • Increased LAN traffic
  • The file transfer speed is not as fast as DAS
  • Limited scalability
  • Additional Input-output processing
  • System available features depend upon the NAS chip and firmware
  • For using NAS device people should know some basic knowledge about computer networking
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