NAS device - Block level access

[Guest Brad Pears]

We are looking at integrating a NAS into our environment. One of the devices

we are looking at is an Adaptec Snap Server 210. The saleperson sent me an

email that indicated this devices supports block level access NOT file

sharing and I should be aware of that... What exactly does this mean to

me??

 

This device will store documents only - no databases will be stored and

accessed from this device. There will be no real "locking" requirements.

Users will simply be reading and storing documents from the drive.

 

I am not 100% sure if I should be worried about this or not.

 

Thanks, Brad

[Guest Meinolf Weber]

Re: NAS device - Block level access

 

Hello Brad,

 

Well, why not asking the sales man? :-)

 

Anyway, this maybe helps you:

http://www.techweb.com/encyclopedia/defineterm.jhtml?term=blocklevel

 

http://research.microsoft.com/research/pubs/view.aspx?type=Publication&id=1087

 

 

 

Best regards

 

Meinolf Weber

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> We are looking at integrating a NAS into our environment. One of the

> devices we are looking at is an Adaptec Snap Server 210. The

> saleperson sent me an email that indicated this devices supports block

> level access NOT file sharing and I should be aware of that... What

> exactly does this mean to me??

>

> This device will store documents only - no databases will be stored

> and accessed from this device. There will be no real "locking"

> requirements. Users will simply be reading and storing documents from

> the drive.

>

> I am not 100% sure if I should be worried about this or not.

>

> Thanks, Brad

>