NETWORK-ATTACHED STORAGE (NAS)
Network Attached Storage (NAS) services at ICT-RC is a business services involves dedicated big data file storage device connected to a Local Area Network (LAN), making data accessible to authorized users and client devices to store and retrieve data from a centralized location. It involves providing data storage solutions that allow multiple users and devices to transfers and access shared files over a network. With the exponential growth in unstructured data such as photos, videos, music, documents, Video course, e-book, podcast, design, galleries etc, enterprises need scale-out solutions to accelerate the most data-intensive applications and simple file data management to manage it.
At ICT-RC We offer resilient and self-protecting platforms to help you safeguard your unstructured data. Our solutions have native capabilities such as data encryption, sophisticated access controls, file access auditing, file immutability, and deletion prevention to help you reduce security risks.
Our solution offers enterprise performance at scale to accelerate the most data-intensive applications, and simple file data management for an intuitive cloud experience.
Our solution scales performance and capacity independently and delivers fast, sustained performance for AI, machine learning, Big Data, deep learning (DL), and high-performance computing (HPC) workloads which reduces operational and management overhead to unlock more value from aggregated data. It helps businesses get the most out of their capacity, spend less time managing storage, and densely scale capacity as they grow and protect data.
Our key NAS business services involves:
- 1. Cloud-integrated NAS Hosting solutions :
• Renting out NAS space: to businesses for temporary or permanent storage solutions that speeds up data processing and application performance for hybrid storage. - 2. Installation, Setup, Configuration & Integration:
Deploying NAS systems in our clients' organizations and integrating them with our existing ICT infrastructure. - 3. Data Protection Services: :
Offering Big Data backup automation, archiving, disaster recovery, and redundancy configurations (RAID).. - 4. Support & Maintenance: :
Providing ongoing technical support for big data storage solution, upgrades, and troubleshooting. - Why do we need NAS solution for our businesses:
• Exponential growth of unstructured data storage needs for our businesses. (e.g photos, videos, music, documents, Video course, e-book, podcast, design, galleries etc). This information are generated from employees information, patients records, students records, financial transactions records, assets registration records, ongoing research data collection and repositories, AI - powerd file indexing and search engines records, ongoing real-time surveillance records, GIS information, large stream video files, centralized learning materials, centralized library e-books materials etc
• Remote access to files for hybrid storage and remote workers.
• Cost-effective compared to large-scale enterprise storage systems.
• Data security & compliance for sensitive files.
• Integration with multimedia, IoT, surveillance systems, and other ICT solutions.
• Data migration, Extra storage space, RAID redundancy upgrades, and cloud sync
• High-speed internet connectivity of more than 1 gigabits/second for hybrid storage which is more costful.
• Need of latest encryption and authentication technologies to ensure full security of our data
• Make stored data available and accessible to multiple users simultaneously
NAS infrastructure Lease Cost Matrix
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Dell EMC Storage Array |
Limited code troubleshooting, training, office-hours. Once a week. |
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Any time, any service |
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Staff Support Services
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General Support |
Limited code troubleshooting, training, office-hours. Once a week. |
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Advance Support |
Any time, any service |
$20 /per hour |
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