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YottaYotta provides intelligent globally distributed storage
solutions. The YottaYotta NetStorager® GSX 2400 provides a new model for
information sharing, high availability, and business continuity to Governments
and the Fortune 500. YottaYotta enables consolidation of data management across
large geographic areas and eliminates the barriers to growth confronting the top
tier of scientific, military and enterprise customers. With multiple data
centres separated by thousands of kilometres, the NetStorager GSX 2400 has
demonstrated a 40-fold increase in performance relative to traditional data
sharing models. YottaYotta derives its name from the term yottabyte, which is
one trillion terabytes of data. Incorporated in January 2000, YottaYotta is
privately held with offices in Edmonton AB and Alexandria VA.
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NAS, DAS
or SAN? - Choosing the Right Storage Technology for Your Organization -
article by Xtore
It's 5 years since we published the
Storage Architecture
Guide a classic reference written by the world's first network storage
company Auspex. The new overview article from Xtore places the main storage
connection strategies in a current context. Here's an extract.
"Another
important consideration for a medium sized business or large enterprise is
heterogeneous data sharing. With DAS, each server is running its own operating
platform, so there is no common storage in an environment that may include a mix
of Windows, Mac and Linux workstations. NAS systems can integrate into any
environment and serve files across all operating platforms. On the network, a
NAS system appears like a native file server to each of its different clients.
That means that files are saved on the NAS system, as well as retrieved from the
NAS system, in their native file formats. NAS is also based on industry standard
network protocols such as TCP/IP, FC and CIFS. " ... read the article,
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