What is NAS and how is it different from SAN?

Computer people love TLA‘s; that’s Three Letter Acronyms. Lately you may have heard about NAS (Network Attached Storage) and SAN (Storage Area Network).

What’s the difference?

In a nutshell, NAS connects users to data; SAN connect servers to data.

The Netgear ReadyNAS unit that I have been working with and writing about is a NAS device because it is designed to connect users to their data. Unless you are an IT person with a pretty good budget you won’t be coming across SAN’s soon.

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