New generation NAS has the ability to enable small and medium business (SMBs) to implement either local mirroring or DR practices required in today's business environment. This level of protection was previously available only to those who could afford to spend top dollars on costly storage solutions. Now cost efficient NAS devices are available to offer SMBs business continuity and DR through advanced network-efficient file system replication with integrated snapshots.
These systems enable data back up by making the entire process:
- Faster - Disk to Disk (D2D) file system replication with instant recovery
- Simpler - user friendly web enabled, policy based management
- Reliable - disks configured as RAID-5 with MTDL of over one million hours
- Efficient - with minimum impact on LAN and WAN traffic
- Inexpensive -low Total Cost of Ownership