Network Attached Storage ITMO 557 Research Paper Submitted by: Ashif Anwar CWID: A20318587 Date of Submission:

This is a research paper on Network attached storage covering the various areas given in the contents below.

Fall 2014 ASHIF ANWAR
Illinois Institute of Technology-Chicago
11/30/2014

Contents: 1. Introduction. 2. History. 3. Product demonstration. 4. NAS future perspective. 5.

Introduction
Network Attached Storage is basically defined as a file level computer data storage server connected to a computer network. It is specialized for file server operation by its hardware, software or configuration of elements to provide data access to wide range of clients (Wikipedia, 2014). In simple words we can say “a network attached storage is a external hard drive which is a computer storage system that access and remains on a computer network via Ethernet and wireless connections. The drive is then accessible to all computers in a network, instead of one just hard wired computer”(Networking, 2014).

Figure-1: NAS Storage on a network infrastructure. (slideshare, 2013).
NAS is one of the popular approaches which allow homes and business to store and retrieve large amounts of data in an efficient and affordable manner. One can wirelessly backup their computer files such as music, videos and other important documents onto NAS and share the files seamlessly with any connected device such a home theatre and smart TV’s.(Networking, 2014).
History:
Now a days with fast developing field of computer data backup, new technologies and trends back-up methods and technologies become more complex. If we look closer at the back-up technologies there were so many devices used for backing up computer data from punch