With the increased importance of uninhibited access to data, it is critical that organizations implement effective, scalable, low-cost storage solutions that are easily accessible to provide expected level of services to customers.
Network attached storage (NAS) devices are becoming increasingly popular with small and medium businesses due to the presence of these above characteristics. With proper configuration NAS systems are accessible to authorised users for storage and retrieval of data, providing benefits similar to cloud storage, but being faster and less expensive.