Clustered NAS

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A clustered NAS is a Network-attached storage solution which is using a distributed file system running simultaneously on multiple servers. The key differentiating factor of clustered NAS from traditional NAS is its ability to stripe data and metadata across the cluster nodes and storage subsystems, and provide access to the networked file system from any of the cluster nodes, unrelated to the actual location of the data. For this reason clustered NAS solutions are typically associated with virtualization.

[edit] See also

• List of Clustered NAS manufacturers

• Clustered NAS products
  • Exanet
  • IBRIX
  • Isilon
  • NetApp
  • Panasas