{"id":4687,"date":"2020-09-01T21:56:32","date_gmt":"2020-09-01T19:56:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tekmart.co.za\/t-blog\/?p=4687"},"modified":"2020-09-01T21:58:02","modified_gmt":"2020-09-01T19:58:02","slug":"san-and-nas-an-illustrated-guide-to-distinguishing-the-storage-types","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tekmart.co.za\/t-blog\/san-and-nas-an-illustrated-guide-to-distinguishing-the-storage-types\/","title":{"rendered":"SAN and NAS: An illustrated guide to distinguishing the storage types"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading Time-approximately:<\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> &lt; 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minute<\/span><\/span>\n<p>By<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.techtarget.com\/contributor\/Stacey-Peterson\">Stacey Peterson<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Published:&nbsp;<strong>Nov 22, 2019<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Debating whether to go with SAN or NAS? Take a closer look at how the two network-based storage technologies compare based on function, usage, advantages and disadvantages.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image is-resized\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.ttgtmedia.com\/rms\/onlineimages\/storage-san_vs_nas-i_mobile.png\" alt=\"SAN and NAS: An illustrated guide to distinguishing the storage types\" width=\"582\" height=\"1417\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>SAN and NAS are established methods used to create networked storage. However, each approach has its own unique features and benefits, as well as drawbacks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"SAN vs NAS: Which is Right For You?\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/8et0JGJGwsQ?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>A SAN connects servers to storage with a network hardware fabric, usually through switches, to give many servers easy access to the storage. For a server application or OS, there&#8217;s little difference between accessing data in a SAN or DAS. Both provide block access to data. A SAN is mainly used for\u00a0block I\/O\u00a0and is preferred for structured data, such as data in a relational database. SANs initially required Fibre Channel networking, but, today, they also support Ethernet &#8212; usually iSCSI.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>NAS is used for remote file serving. NAS devices access files with a protocol, such as SMB or NFS. A NAS device operates as a server with its own file system. It controls the file I\/O and file sharing and provides centralized data management. NAS can handle structured data, but it&#8217;s preferred for\u00a0storage of unstructured data, such as files, email and images. NAS uses traditional Ethernet networking.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Check out our infographic for a\u00a0big-picture look\u00a0at how SAN and NAS compare.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.techtarget.com\/contributor\/Stacey-Peterson\"><\/a>Stacey Peterson\u00a0asks:<\/p><p><strong>What type of networked storage is your organization likely to use more of in five years and why?<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a href=\"https:\/\/searchstorage.techtarget.com\/infographic\/SAN-and-NAS-An-illustrated-guide-to-distinguishing-the-storage-types#commenting\">Join the Discussion<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading Time-approximately:<\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> &lt; 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minute<\/span><\/span>By Stacey Peterson Published:&nbsp;Nov 22, 2019 Debating whether to go with SAN or NAS? Take a closer look at how the two network-based storage technologies compare based on function, usage, advantages and disadvantages. SAN and NAS are established methods used to create networked storage. However, each approach has its own unique features and benefits, as well as drawbacks. A SAN<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/tekmart.co.za\/t-blog\/san-and-nas-an-illustrated-guide-to-distinguishing-the-storage-types\/\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[61,8,4,5,63,53],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4687","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-computational-storage","category-data-center-hardware","category-datacenter-news","category-engage-the-experts","category-primary-storage-devices","category-storage-vendors"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tekmart.co.za\/t-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4687","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tekmart.co.za\/t-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tekmart.co.za\/t-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tekmart.co.za\/t-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tekmart.co.za\/t-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4687"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/tekmart.co.za\/t-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4687\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4689,"href":"https:\/\/tekmart.co.za\/t-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4687\/revisions\/4689"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tekmart.co.za\/t-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4687"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tekmart.co.za\/t-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4687"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tekmart.co.za\/t-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4687"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}