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SAN DIEGO -- The Storage Networking Industry Association (SNIA) announced today that it is well on its way to developing an interface standard that would allow companies to perform internal searches for any data with Google-like tools based on metadata associated with a file, image, audio file, database or even e-mail.

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Review: Maxtor's Central Axis -- a networked terabyte for any novice
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Review: Western Digital's home NAS array
The Western Digital ShareSpace home/small office NAS array is simple to set up and use, but not the speediest box when compared to single drives. Load it down with video, audio, application installations files, drivers and then use it as a data well.

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