Ardent NASPluz, a Network-attached storage solution that is deployed to service interruptions that occur in a conventional file server model. NASPluz effectively moves storage out from behind the server and puts it directly on the transport network. Unlike file servers that have SCSI and LAN adapters, NASPluz 3000 uses a network interface card
(10/100/1000 Mb) to transmit LAN and storage communications.

NASPluz devices bring some major benefits over file server systems. Because they don't require a file server, any user with access rights,anywhere on the network,can directly access stored data. This removes any delay posed by slow file server hardware or operating systems. NASPluz devices are also optimized to process storage I/O transactions much faster than conventional parallel SCSI schemes.