What is NAS? - Inside Thinkmate

COIT 20246 ASSIGNMENT SUBMISSION
Due date: Thursday Week 11 (2PM AEST)
Part: Written Assessment
Weighting: 30% of total assessment.
Submission: Electronic (see course website for details)
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Student Name Rekha Rani
Student Number 12114460
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Instructions
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Tasks
There are ten (10) tasks, one for each week: the tasks are detailed below. There is a table
to complete for each task. Please fill in the information required.
Note: Each resource summary should be around 200-300 words.
Each summary should briefly explain:
- What the resource is about
- Why you selected it
- What are the main points or key information covered in the resource
- Why the resource was useful.
For more advice about how to complete the assignment, as well as examples and
information about selecting good resources, please see the assessment page on the Moodle
unit web site:
https://moodle.cqu.edu.au/mod/assign/view.php?id=886270
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Week 1
The text discusses examples of traditional mass storage such as magnetic disk and solid-
state drives. While these still underpin most mass storage, in corporate environments they
are often accessed via Network Attached Storage (NAS) or Storage Area Network (SAN)
technologies. Find and summarise ONE resource that describes EITHER NAS or SAN
storage technologies. The resource, and your summary, must focus on either NAS or SAN,
NOT BOTH.
Title and Reference:
URL: https://www.thinkmate.com/inside/articles/what-is-nas
Reference: Thinkmate.com. (2019). What is NAS? - Inside Thinkmate. [online] Available at:
https://www.thinkmate.com/inside/articles/what-is-nas [Accessed 29 May 2019].
Summary:
The resource is very much important to understand the Network Attached Storage which is
a type of file storage system. The unstructured data are mainly managed with the help of
the NAS such as audio, video, website, texts and Microsoft office documents. The resource
has been selected as it can explores different aspect of NAS. The main advantage of this
file storage system is to enable multiusers and heterogeneous client devices, centralized
disk capacity are used in this type of file storage system. The most significant constraints
associated with this file storage system is that it does not have a display system. Browser
based utility are used in order to configure this file storage. Along with the multi using
capability there are other features of NAS such as its high accessibility and lower cost
among all the other file storage systems. The NAS products are widely used in most of the
global enterprises all around the world. The flexibility of service provided by NAS products
helps this organization to grow over the years. The key points of the resource is its
description about the different types of NAS devices. There are lots of NAS devices used in
most business enterprises such as the followings:
High-end or enterprise NAS: Vast quantities of file data are accessed using the enterprise
NAS.
Midmarket NAS: The mid-market NAS services cannot be clustered.
Low-end or desktop NAS: Smaller quantities of data are accessed using desktop NAS.
The resources was very much helpful to understand the specifications and categories
presented by NAS.
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Week 2
Operating systems use file managers to interact with mass storage devices. However, the
way in which data is stored and retrieved is dictated by the file system. There are many
types of file systems used by modern operating systems. Find and summarise ONE
resource that describes ONE such file system that is NOT FAT, FAT32 or ExFAT. The
resource, and your summary, must focus on A SINGLE file system.
Title and Reference:
URL: https://www.techrepublic.com/article/file-systems-101-ntfs/
Reference: TechRepublic. (2019). News, Tips, and Advice for Technology Professionals -
TechRepublic. [online] Available at: https://www.techrepublic.com/article/file-systems-101-
ntfs/ [Accessed 29 May 2019].
Summary:
This resource is very much important to understand the facilities provided by NTFS file
systems. The main reason behing selecting this resource is it gives a detailed explanation
of the advantages of NTFS system. The main advantage of NTFS file system is that it is
very much important to store and retrieve files on a hard disk. This file system provides
huge specifications in terms of the performance, extendibility and security. The most
important features of the NTFS are that it helps in keeping a track of the file clusters. The
governing tables are used by NTFS in order to manage each of the clusters. The other
essential specification of NTFS is its ability to support larger files. The detailed description
of NTFS is the key information of this resource. The access specific files are controlled with
the access control list. The facility of Integrated file compression are used by NTFS
regarding the management of the files which are stored in this file system. The files with
longer files names are supported by NTFS. The data security offered by NTFS is much
more than the other file systems used by the modern operating systems. The theoretical
limits if NTFS are much higher as compared with the other file systems. This resource is
very much important to deal with the security issues faced by the operating system while
storing files. The resource was very much useful to understand that considering all the
benefits offered by NTFS there are few disadvantages associated with the use of the NTFS
file system such as the high space overhead, floppy discs cannot be formatted with the
help of a NTFS file system and there are compatibility issues with operating system prior to
Windows 2000.
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Week 3
The National Broadband Network (NBN) is currently being rolled-out across Australia and there is a
mix of technologies that are being used to deliver Internet services (for example, FTTN, FTTC,
FTTP, HFC, fixed wireless and satellite). Find and summarise ONE resource that describes ONE of
these delivery technologies. The resource, and your summary, must focus on A SINGLE
technology.
Title and Reference:
URL: https://www.iselect.com.au/internet/nbn/fibre-to-the-node/
Reference: iSelect. (2019). Fibre To The Node - FTTN NBN Plans | iSelect Compare & Save.
[online] Available at: https://www.iselect.com.au/internet/nbn/fibre-to-the-node/ [Accessed 29 May
2019].
Summary:
This resource helps in understanding FTTN in a detailed manner. Introduced in the year The Fibre to
the Node are used in most of the electronic devices in our daily life. The most important contribution
of FTTN is its bandwidth. The efficiency of the FTTN are more than that of the FTTC. The reason
behind selected this resource is to understand the limitations of FTTN. However there are few
limitations associated with the use of FTTN such as its fixed range of service. DSL are used in FTTN
as well as in FTTP. Most of the countries all around the world are replacing this with FTTP. The other
limitations of FTTN are it is very difficult to be upgraded, at the same time it can be also said that the
speed to price ration of FTTN is very poor as compared with the other internet services such as the
HFC. The performance of FTTN is the key point of this resources as it states about the dependency
of FTTN upon the location and other parameters such as temperature and weather. The FTTN are
still used in most of the countries such as Australian, Middle East and Latin American countries. The
bare foot communication modem are also uses FTTN service. The BYO modem also uses the FTTN.
The BYO modems are mostly uses the FTTN service. The complexity of the FTTN equipment’s are
much as compared with the other internet services such as the FTTP. The resource was helpful to
understand The complexities of FTTN in a detailed manner.
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