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NAS = Network Attached Storage
- File storage over a network, possibly using NFS or CIFS protocol
NEG = Network Endpoint Group
- A configuration object that specifies a group of backend endpoints or services
- Commonly used with containers
- Can be used with *some* load balancers and with Traffic Director
North-South Traffic:
- in general, traffic entering or exiting a data center, e.g. client to server.
- In GCP, inter-VPC traffic.
- Compare East-West traffic
nPath routing: another name for DSR