Storage Area Network Essentials: A Complete Guide To Understanding And Implementating Sans

The rapid growth of ecommerce and the need to have all kinds of applications operating at top speed at the same time while connected to the internet is overwhelming traditional server storage methods. The solution is a completely new data communications platform called the storage area network (san). Sans are expected to revolutionize distributed computing. A san links conventional storage devices like server disks to internet protocol (ip) networks. Consolidating everything onto ip networks will make data management and access easier. Sans are fast because they run on fiber and make applications highly available no matter how much data is being stored. Part one: understanding storage networking part two: the parts: what's in a san part three: san implementation strategies