Storage Area Netorking is just a way to enable storage to be used like a utility. It simplifies management by consolidating all of your storage into a virtual pool for you to be able to draw from at any time. Enabling you to get the full use out of the storage that you have paid for. Most SANS have the ability to take advantage of cloning, snapshots, replication and virtual disks. Network attached storage is more like an optimized file server. SANS present the storage to the servers as if they were actual physical disks on the server. If you have more questions I would be happy to answer.
Frank -----Original Message----- From: Priscilla Oppenheimer [mailto:nobody@;groupstudy.com] Sent: Monday, November 04, 2002 7:02 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Storage Area Networking [7:56857] Is anyone using Storage Area Networking? How do you use it? How well does it work? What problems does it solve for you? It it really networking, the way we know the term?? It sounds like it's sort of the next generation of file servers, but it also sounds like it's just a new way of managing hard drives. I'm having a difficult time figuring out what it is really. Thanks for helping me understand it. _______________________________ Priscilla Oppenheimer www.troubleshootingnetworks.com www.priscilla.com Message Posted at: http://www.groupstudy.com/form/read.php?f=7&i=56904&t=56857 -------------------------------------------------- FAQ, list archives, and subscription info: http://www.groupstudy.com/list/cisco.html Report misconduct and Nondisclosure violations to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
