Performance Scalability
Add more NAS heads and configure them as a performance cluster & share a common storage over the network.
Unlimited Storage Scalability Unlimited NDAS units can be scalable over the network.
Easy Expansion Simple expansion allows to begin small and expand the storage as the storage needs.
More Administration / Storage Islands Storage expansion of conventional NAS is limited by the number of available drive bays. Of course external DAS can be connected, but it is not a proper solution in the long run : Maintenance downtime and creation of storage island.
Storage Consolidation NDAS-NAS allows for consolidation of many conventional NAS-servers into one high performance high availability clustered solution.
Storage Centralization NDAS-NAS offers centralized storage architecture for efficient storage management and high storage untilization.
Block Level & File Level Access at the same time Server or clients can access NDAS directly at a block level. Block level access allows exactly the same hardware usage of the NDAS as if it is an internal drive.
File Level Access Only Performance depends on the performance of NAS processor. Large traffic would cause bottleneck and slow down data transfer.
File level access limits the usage of storage.