Microsoft is expected next Wednesday to announce with vendor partners the pending rollout of a number of NAS appliances based on its Windows Storage Server 2003 operating system.
Microsoft initially unveiled details of Windows Storage Server 2003 and released it to NAS OEMs in the US last June.
The operating system allows the creation of point-in-time copies of a single volume or multiple volumes using Volume Shadow Copy Services. It is also expected to incorporate file replication, server clustering and multipath support and integrate with commonly used network environments and management software as well as the Active Directory directory service.
A number of OEMs including EMC, Hewlett-Packard and Dell are expected to ship Windows Storage Server 2003-based NAS appliances in the Australian spring, according to industry sources.
Until the Microsoft TechEd conference in early June 2003, the operating system was known as Windows Powered NAS. Two years ago, it was known as the Server Appliance Kit.
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