Abstract

The technology world today is rife with sharing and distribution of digital media from one user to another. Additionally, multiple users demand access to the media at the same time, be they customers, clients, or workers within an organization. Moreover, organizations collect customer data for the purpose of data mining and therefore improvement of customer service, and would thus need to store both the structured and unstructured data for future use. Even more, is that laws require organizations to keep digital records. Network-attached storage (NAS) provides a solution to this dilemma. Advances in the system have seen the systems become feature-rich, even as they are offered as either standard computer-based systems or embedded systems.

Keywords: NAS, Servers,

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Similarities and Differences between Accreditation Systems

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Technological Advancement

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