Icy Box IB-NAS4220-B 2x3.5" SATA HDD RAID 0, 1, Span (NRAID), JBOD, 1Gb LAN + 2xUSB, 7 Servers inOne

If you've used a computer for any duration of time you'll have come across the terms “kilobyte, megabyte, gigabyte” and so on. Then there's “kilobit, megabit and gigabit” to add a bit of confusion and to top it all off you've maybe heard or read terms like “gibibyte” on occasion.

This TekSpek covers DAS and NAS, what they mean, what they’re used for and how they’re different. We’ll start by looking at the technology, then move on to the players in the market and how the market is moving forward.

OK, so you’re savvy to hard disks. You know what interfaces they have, you know whether one will work in your computer or not, you even know the difference between a Gigabyte and a Gibibyte, but what are filesystems about?

In this guide we will be examining a popular method used for increasing the performance and reliability of your hard drives and data storage