[Ed. note: Windows Storage Server superseded another product called Windows Powered Network Attached Storage. See Microsoft Intros Win Storage Server 2003 and Microsoft Powers Up NAS Play.]
Byte and Switch: So how is Storage Server different from Windows Server?
Stevens: Basically, we're focused on file and print services, not database services. Windows Storage Server 2003 is optimized for file and print... You'd have to purchase the Windows Server separately to obtain database services. Windows Storage Server comes in several versions, with Standard and Enterprise the main versions. It supports clustering, Fibre Channel, and can act as a gateway into a SAN. All versions are offered by OEMs.
Byte and Switch: How many OEMs do you have? What do they do with the software?
Stevens: Thirty-seven to forty. They optimize it. Customers want a preconfigured, optimized Windows Server platform just for storage, and they've got it.
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