I've been evalutaing different client/server solutions lately, and have come across NAS (Network Attached Storage). I like the sound of this from the perspective that a seemingly unlimited amount of storage is available for a very reasonable price.
But, is it the best route? What are the risks of viruses? There must be some kind of OS that runs these things. Are the client computers (since they will "map" portions of the NAS as local) responsible for virus scanning and protection?
How does that work? I can see a scenario that is very bad, where a virus gets on to the NAS drive, and wreaks havoc on the entire system, without any real way to clean it.
Does anyone have any experience with this? How is virus scanning handled on NAS?
Print | posted on Wednesday, March 15, 2006 9:49 PM