Dell EMC NX Series

NAS Overview
NAS (Network Attached Storage) products are used to add easily managed and cost optimized file storage to a network. NAS systems are optimized servers dedicated to file serving (with print server capabilities) and can be managed remotely. The NAS servers ship with an operating system pre-installed, so the system can be up and running in a very short time.

NAS products are used to store unstructured data such as created by office productivity applications, images, audio files or videos. In addition, NAS gateways offer the ability to share the data stored on block storage backend arrays among many users.

In addition, NAS systems host file-oriented application data such as static web content, document management data stores, Linux/Unix application data for e-mail systems, source-code storage, etc.

NAS products in the market are servicing block-oriented data more frequently, typically with IP storage protocols like iSCSI, for mid-range applications that rely on block-level data access to stored data. Examples of applications requiring block access are database systems such as SQL and Oracle, messaging solutions like Microsoft Exchange, and many others.