The Power of Many - Changes Everything.

NASg is the only storage platform that combines the power of many commodity technology components into a powerful, scalable and highly reliable shared storage grid. The unique approach of NASg changes both the capabilities of storage and the storage industry itself.

The current storage industry is dominated by closed, proprietary systems based on a 20 year old client-server model of computing. Gridstore changes both the computing model and the industry structure.

NASg changes the model of storage

Current storage products are based on a client-server model that is limited by the capabilities of the server. By definition, the server is the central control point. A central control point is a single point of failure, limits the ability to scale and is a performance bottleneck. Added cost and complexity is the result of having to deal with these inherent limitations.

NASg simply changes the model and eliminates these drawbacks. NASg has no central control point to fail and takes advantage of the inherent parallel processing capabilities of a grid. The result is a high performance storage system that is scalable, highly reliable and built using low cost commodity components.

NASg changes the storage industry

The storage industry today is very similar to the mainframe industry of the 80's. The industry is characterized by vendors selling low volumes of large, complex, proprietary systems at high margins. These vendors provide all components of the system including proprietary operating systems, applications, hardware and services in order to maximize revenue from locked in customers.

NASg combines the power of many commodity technology components from any vendor into a shared storage grid. This unique approach is more like the open, high volume PC industry built on commodity technology components manufactured in high volumes and available from many vendors. The result is simple, affordable and convenient storage without the cost of vendor lock in.