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On Rob Kaufmann’s Thesis: NAS vs Cloud Part 1

by cloudtweaks on August 17, 2012

in Backups, Big Data, Business, Cloud Computing, Computing, Contributors, Host, IT, Security, Storage, Technology, Trends

On Rob Kaufmann’s Thesis: NAS vs. Cloud Part 1 A few weeks back KPI Analytics employee Rob Kaufmann suggested that network attached storage (NAS) solutions for data serving could in numerous cases provide a greater advantage than Cloud services. Specifically, he cited that it would be preferable for those serving massive files or very sensitive data. This was debated at a press conference on July 17th. I’m here to suggest that although Kaufman is making some interesting points, his NAS route isn’t as promising as Cloud – even given the nascent form of the latter. On many counts that Kaufman

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