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Data is the lifeblood of today's digital organisation and never more so than for the broadcast industry. Data is ingested, stored, edited, stored, aired and then archived. The nedd for storage is obvious. What remains is what kind of storage? The three currently most common forms are:

• Direct Attached Storage (DAS)
• Network Attached Storage (NAS)
• Storage Area Networks (SAN)

For the broadcast industry though, the limitations of DAS storage rule it out as a viable option. The choice in effect comes down to NAS or SAN. Each have their pluses and minuses and ultimately, after taking various environmental influences into consideration, it comes down to four factors:

• The capacity of the data that needs to be shared
• The performance – I / O requirements
• The scalability in terms of long term growth
• Budgetary constraints

To this end, Benchmark Systems provides solutions for both NAS and SAN storage as well as the increasingly popular NAS/SAN convergence. Please follow the links on the left.