CACHING DEVICE AND METHOD THEREOF FOR INTEGRATION WITH A CLOUD STORAGE SYSTEM

A network attached storage device and method for performing network attached storage operations with cloud storage services are provided. The device includes at least one network controller for communicating with a plurality of clients over a local area network (LAN) and with the cloud storage service (CSS) over a wide area network (WAN); a cache memory for locally caching data of the CSS in the device; and a virtual cloud drive (VCD) for enabling the plurality of clients to perform file-based operations on data stored in the CSS using at least one file sharing protocol.