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Storage Solutions for the Digital Era: SAN, NAS, Object, Block, Cloud & AI Storage

A hub of storage directories — storage architectures, block, file and object storage, enterprise and AI storage, cloud and cloud-native storage, and backup and data protection.

33 topics•7 categories•Updated October 2026

Storage Architectures

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How storage is attached and delivered.

01Storage Area Networks (SAN)SAN arrays, Fibre Channel and Ethernet fabrics. 02Network Attached Storage (NAS)File-storage appliances and scale-out NAS. 03Direct Attached Storage (DAS)Enterprise JBODs and enclosures attached to servers. 04RAIDHardware and software RAID and redundant file systems. 05Software-Defined Storage (SDS)Software that turns commodity servers into storage. 06Hyperconverged Infrastructure (HCI) SoftwareCompute, storage and networking in one software-defined system.

Block, File & Object Storage

3 entries

Storage by access method.

07Block Storage SolutionsCloud, enterprise and NVMe-oF block storage. 08File Storage SolutionsManaged file services, scale-out NAS and parallel file systems. 09Object Storage SolutionsS3-compatible object storage for unstructured data.

Enterprise & AI Storage

3 entries

Storage for demanding enterprise and AI workloads.

10Enterprise Storage SolutionsAll-flash arrays, scale-out systems and storage as a service. 11AI Storage SolutionsStorage platforms built to keep GPUs fed. 12Other Storage SolutionsTape, archive, backup appliances and decentralised storage.

Cloud & Cloud-native Storage

3 entries

Storage for clouds and Kubernetes.

13Cloud Storage ProvidersCloud storage providers. 14Cloud-native Storage SolutionsRook, Ceph, Longhorn, OpenEBS and Portworx. 15Kubernetes Storage VolumesPersistent storage volumes for Kubernetes.

Backup & Data Protection

3 entries

Keeping data recoverable.

16Backup and Recovery SoftwareEnterprise backup, disaster recovery and continuity. 17Cloud-native Data Protection SolutionsBackup for Kubernetes and cloud-native workloads. 18Cloud Migration ToolsTools for migrating workloads and data to the cloud.

Standards & Open Projects

6 entries

Bodies and open-source projects behind storage.

19SNIAStorage Networking Industry Association: standards, education and research. 20NVM ExpressStandards body for NVMe and NVMe over Fabrics. 21CephOpen-source unified block, file and object storage. 22OpenZFSOpen-source file system and volume manager. 23MinIOHigh-performance S3-compatible object storage. 24Fibre Channel Industry AssociationIndustry body for Fibre Channel technology.

Related Pages

9 entries

Neighbouring hubs.

25Cloud ComputingCloud computing hub. 26Digital InfrastructuresDigital infrastructure components. 27Data EngineeringData engineering hub. 28Cloud-native ComputingCloud-native computing hub. 29NetworkingNetworking hub. 30DatabasesDatabase platforms, from relational to NoSQL, graph and vector. 31Data Lakehouse PlatformsLakehouse platforms that store open-format data on object storage. 32Cloud Data WarehousesManaged analytics warehouses built on cloud storage. 33Vector DatabasesStores for embeddings used in AI retrieval.

Frequently Asked Questions

What are the main types of storage?

Block storage presents raw volumes to servers, file storage shares files over a network, and object storage manages data as objects accessed through APIs such as S3.

What is the difference between SAN and NAS?

A SAN provides block storage over a dedicated network, typically Fibre Channel or Ethernet; a NAS provides file storage over a standard network using protocols such as NFS and SMB.

What is software-defined storage?

Software that runs on commodity servers to provide block, file or object storage with features such as replication and snapshots, decoupled from specific hardware.

What storage do AI workloads need?

High-throughput, low-latency storage such as all-flash arrays, parallel file systems and fast object storage that keep GPUs supplied with data; see AI Storage Solutions.

How should I protect stored data?

Combine RAID or erasure coding for hardware failure, snapshots and replication, and tested backups; see the backup and data protection section.