There seems to be three separate approaches to Network Attached file Storage (NAS):
- Standalone turn-key devices with access through proprietary operating systems.
- Software solutions to turn conventional computers into NAS devices.
- Auxiliary drives connected to primary file/domain servers.
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Network Attached Storage - Standalone turn-key devices
- Buffalo Technology
- - www.buffalotech.com
- Hawking Technology Innovative Connectivity Solutions
- - www.hawkingtech.com
- Infrant Technologies - Network Attached Storage
- - www.infrant.com
- Network Attached Storage from INLINE
- - www.inlinecorp.com
- IOGEAR Expand Your Connectivity
- - www.iogear.com
- Kintronics
- - www.kintronics.com
- - CD-ROM Towers, Jukeboxes and Storage Technology
- Linksys file server to network
- - www.linksys.com
- Maxtor.com - Maxtor Shared Storage
- - www.maxtor.com/portal/site/Maxtor/menuitem.ba88f6d7cf664718376049b291346068/?channelpath=/en_us/Products/Network%20Storage/Maxtor%20Shared%20Storage%20Family/Maxtor%20Shared%20Storage&productview=Features
- Welcome to NETGEAR
- - www.netgear.com
- - Wired and Wireless Networking Solutions for the Home and Business SOHO Networks
- SimpleTech
- - www.simpletech.com
- -- Memory, Flash&Storage Solutions
- Snap Appliance
- - www.snapappliance.com
- - High-performance, Low-cost, Network Attached Storage (NAS)
- TRITTON Technologies, Inc.
- - www.trittonsales.com
- XIMETA, Inc.
- - www.ximeta.com
Network Attached Storage - Software Solutions
These are mostly *NIX based solutions to allow you to recycle older computers into NAS servers. Usually an inexpensive way to test the idea of NAS.
- FreeNAS The Free NAS Server - Home
- - www.freenas.org
- NASLite v1.x File Servers
- - www.serverelements.com/naslite.php
- Openfiler
- - www.openfiler.com
- — Friendly enterprise storage management platform
Network Attached Storage - Auxiliary Drives
Actually most of the drive manufacturers and network component manufacturers build auxiliary drive solutions.
- IOGEAR Expand Your Connectivity
- - www.iogear.com
- Maxtor.com - Maxtor Shared Storage
- - www.maxtor.com
- SimpleTech -- Memory, Flash&Storage Solutions
- - www.simpletech.com
- TRITTON Technologies, Inc.
- - www.trittonsales.com
- Welcome to NETGEAR
- - www.netgear.com
- - Wired and Wireless Networking Solutions for the Home and Business SOHO Networks