Consumer Network Attached Storage (NAS) Market – Segmented by application, solutions, end-user and geography

A network attached storage (NAS) appliance is a processing device that is attached on the network, primarily to store files in real time. The network attached storage appliance has its own IP address due to which it is easily accessed by end-users directly over the network to store files and retrieve them when needed. Network attached storage provides file level storage and access to files as it uses multiple disks to store files. One of the main advantages of network attached storage is its simplicity of setup. Moreover, NAS connects storage to the network rather than to a server, hence there is no server downtime. NAS devices use Linux operating system, eliminating the licensing costs associated with other operating systems. In addition, NAS devices support both Common Internet File System (CIFS), as well as Network File System (NFS), and are completely compatible with windows, Mac, Linux and UNIX clients. Owing to this, no specialized IT knowledge is required to ensure cross platform compatibility.