Paul,
Simple NAS devices are actually small CPUs (often running Linux) driving
disks. So you can think of them as tiny servers optimized for a single
purpose. High end NAS are devices that are slaves to a server and use the
iSCSI protocol. You would set up a separate network between the server and
the iSCSI NAS to separate the traffic from regular network traffic. In this
case, your server will create a share that is visible to all the
workstations. All data flows through the server to the iSCSI NAS devices.
PCs cannot/should not access them directly. Often this setup is done to
allow a cluster of servers to access a common storage pool. But it can also
allow for more storage than will fit into a single server.
In the case of a simple NAS device, you treat it like a simple server. It
would reside on the same network as the workstations and have a share that
was visible to all. You can convert a PC to a NAS or an iSCSI device with
open source software.
OpenFiler can be used to convert a PC to either role.
http://www.openfiler.com/
Ken Elliott
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From: slug@nks.net [mailto:slug@nks.net] On Behalf Of Paul M Foster
Sent: Wednesday, February 18, 2009 10:50 AM
To: slug@nks.net
Subject: [SLUG] Accessing NAS
Does anyone know how you would address NAS (Network Attached Storage) on
a network? My understanding is that it generally doesn't require an OS
and is accessible via an IP address. If you've got some of this on your
network, how would you get at the data from a machine on your network?
Paul
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