CPSC 461: Copyright (C) 2003 Katrin Becker Last Modified June 23, 2003 09:57 PM

STORAGE AREA NETWORKS

References for this Section:
Barker, Richard, and Paul Massiglia, Storage Area Network Essentials, 2002 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. ISBN 0-471-03445-2
Freedman, Alan Computer Desktop Encyclopedia (Version 16.1 on CD-ROM), 2000 The Computer Language Company

What is A Storage Area Network?

(c) 1981-2002 The Computer Language Company Inc. All rights reserved. Ver. 15.1, 1st Quarter 2002
This isn't a SAN. It's a LAN.

What Makes a SAN Different?

- universal storage connectivity
- SAN takes over file system
- NAS is still a file server

Why Use one?

- backup
- high throughput
- disaster recovery
- clusters
- data replication

CPSC 461: Copyright (C) 2003 Katrin Becker Last Modified June 23, 2003 09:57 PM