Why SMB3 NAS?
Microsoft has been investing quite seriously in the Network Attached Storage (NAS) protocol SMB 3. This clearly states that NAS is the way ahead. This post summarizes the basics about SMB3 NAS and the compelling features that have made it so popular. NAS vs. SAN? NAS is a preferred storage option over SAN because: NAS provisioning and management is simpler than SAN as it involves no storage admins SAN is more expensive due to costly fiber channel usage Why SMB3 NAS? With SMB3, Microsoft offers 97% of DAS speed and same reliability as DAS and this is without hardware acceleration Hyper-V & SQL 2012 runs on NAS if and only if it is SMB3 Hence inbuilt SMB3 support in a Flash Array will save the customer extra dollar cost for the additional high end Windows Server 2012 with the Flash Array being attached as a local volume. SMB3 Compelling Features · Hyper-V and SQL supported over SMB...