Differentiate NAS and Object storage.

Differentiate NAS and Object storage.

• A. Object storage uses hierarchical folders and path-based access; NAS stores data as flat objects with IDs.
• B. NAS stores files with a hierarchical namespace; object storage stores data as objects with metadata and a unique ID.
• C. NAS stores only metadata; object storage stores actual data only.
• D. Both storage types are identical; there is no difference.

Answer: (B)