Year 7_Mid Unit Quiz_Unit 7.3 Digital Storage

It is important for some files to be easily accessible to a number of users.

• True

• False

A ________________ is a central server in a computer network that provides file systems or at least parts of a file system to connected clients.

• network storage

• file server

• cloud storage

• USB drive

File servers offer users a _________________ storage place for files on internal data media, which is accessible to all authorized clients. 

• central

• left

• right

• backup

Advantages of file server

• relatively low cost

• easy to extend and customize

• can be high capacity

• all of the above

Which of the following is one of the drawbacks of file servers?

• relatively low cost

• requires administration

• can be high capacity

• easy to extend and customize

What is NAS?

• Network As Storage

• National Academy of Science

• National Achievement Survey

• Network-Attached Storage

A network-attached storage (NAS) server is a storage device that consists of a high-performance file server that connects to a Local Area Network (LAN).

• True

• False

Which of the following are the benefits of NAS? (Select all that applies)

• files can be shared across multiple users

• extra capacity needs to be planned for

• users can access files by logging in to any workstation.

• the files will be very secure

On-premise servers are not reliant on internet access.

• True

• False

On-premise servers do not need dedicated IT support.

• True

• False