In the life of any network environment, it is not uncommon for hardware to be replaced as technology improves. The item that is most likely to be replaced, whether due to improved performance or ...

Today's organizations are demanding high-speed data protection for complex and resource-intensive data such as image, audio, and video files—as well as for large databases. In addition, the amount of ...

Storage-area networks (SAN) are being adopted more frequently today, but uncertainty still exists among users about why to install them and the applications that can make the best use of them. SANs ...

A key standards body has given its blessing for a new technology that allows storage area networks to be built using existing Ethernet networking. Late Tuesday, the Internet Engineering Task Force ...

It's all about the SAN -- man. The more you know, the easier it is. Take our SAN quiz and find out where you stand as a SAN guru. 1. This is a geographically dispersed telecommunications network. The ...

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Most organizations choose to build their first SAN out of just a few servers (or high-speed workstations) located in close proximity to each other — for example, within a NOC or WOC. That is a good ...

The company follows storage specialists and its major competitors into a comparatively new area: standalone storage systems that attach to ordinary computer networks. Stephen Shankland worked at CNET ...

Storage area networks (SANs) must scale to accommodate the added demands of more users along with a proliferation of more sophisticated enterprise applications. In the Fibre Channel world, scaling ...

The first requirement--sharing data between servers--is addressed by Network Attached Storage (NAS). A NAS device provides file access to clients that it connects to using file access protocols ...

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