What is NAS/RAID

[lgnorantTeenager]

I have a strong interest in computers, but I am woefully ignorant. Can someone please explain what NAS and RAID is? The best I can figure is that they are some sort of server operating system. Also, I know it's a bit unrelated, but may I also get some help as to how to rate processors? The only thing I know about them is that the more cores = better. I would highly appreciate any advice anyone may have. Thank you.

[Electronics Wizardy]

Can we google first?

 

 

Nas is file storage over the network.

 

Raid is multiple disks with redundancy showing up as one.

[SCHISCHKA]

13 minutes ago, lgnorantTeenager said:

more cores = better

that will depend on the nature of the work being performed and how software was designed.

read https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multithreading_(computer_hardware)

then this https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parallel_computing

then this https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multi-core_processor

this might be interesting too https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Embarrassingly_parallel

 

 

[Kill3rblack]

Like @Electronics Wizardy stated, that is what they are.

You can think of a NAS as a database for your self almost like a server.

RAID is primarily used for servers where a RAID0 would have no redundancy, but can stripe on multiple disks. Where as RAID 1 mirrors a disk. The level of striping and Mirroring can be achieved through different levels of RAID.

[lgnorantTeenager]

Thank you for answering my questions in a noob friendly way, I appreciate it!

[JordanMihailov]

next time ask google first