Likely Usage Scenarios for New Small Business NAS Buyers: Industry Research Report

Likely Usage Scenarios for New Small Business NAS Buyers

Published Date: June 2006

Published By: The Diffusion Group (TDG Research)

Page Count: 8

Order Code: R662-40

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Sample: 1000 small businesses - approximately 500 that have a dedicated (non-PC) server and 500 that do not. In order to be eligible for the survey, all respondents were required to have a network and no more than a total of twenty desktop and laptop PCs.

Question(s): Would small business NAS be used primarily for backup or archiving or would it be used as a file server, storing actively-used and created files?

Analysis: There are a number of different types of storage solutions that enable you to back-up and store files to a single, dedicated network-attached device. This device would be connected to your business’s network and separate from the PCs. Such devices are commonly referred to as "network-attached storage" solutions. While such solutions provide many of the functions of a dedicated server at a significantly lower cost, it has remained unclear as to how small businesses would actually use these devices.

Specifically, this Q&A examines the level of interest in using NAS and for what purpose.

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