| iSCSI SAN MAN 2006-07-18, 1:13 am |
| No, it does not have native NAS support. iSCSI is a block storage
communication protocal simmilar to FC. When you connect a volume (LUN)
to a server via iSCSI it appears to the OS as an internal hard drive.
A NAS (Network Attached Storage) host presents data on a file level
access. When you create a volume on NAS appliance it will appear to
the network as a file share.
The EMC NS352 will communicate as a SAN in either FC or iSCSI.
If you are looking for a combination of both NAS and SAN functionality
your best route is to host your data on a SAN and utilize a SAN filer
or NAS gateway on the frontend. A filer or gateway NAS is an
appliance that adds functionality of NAS to an existing SAN. There are
EMC appliances that will offer this functionality.
Good luck,
Joseph
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