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Infinite Scalability
The systems
are designed from the ground up, to optimize I/O processing. Unlike
traditional servers which are designed as general purpose computers,
and are typically running a large operating system which has to
share the workload among competing tasks, DNAS units only do one
thing: move data off the disks as fast as possible. DNAS units come
equipped with multiple channels for I/O processing. The installation
of a DNAS system on a network usually leads to an improvement in
general network performance as they offload a lot of typical server
processing. DNAS units allow servers to concentrate on running
applications such as database, messaging etc rather than managing
file I/O. The network performance of DNAS units can be further
enhanced via the addition of extra network ports on the DNAS units.
The standard ethernet based DNAS unit can have the number of network
ports (NICs) increased from 1 to 6, a GIGABIT , ATM, Fibre Channel
or Firewire option is also available. |