Fibre Channel SAN
As organizations face the prospect of storing and managing an increasing amount of
information, they are rapidly turning to Storage Area Networks (SANs) as a cost-effective way to implement a highly strategic technology infrastructure. SANs are designed to provide a flexible environment that decouples servers from their storage devices through the use of Fibre Channel switch technology (commonly referred to as the SAN fabric).
By combining flexibility and intelligence, SANs address today’s most challenging business requirements: how to protect and access critical data, how to utilize computing
resources more efficiently, and how to ensure the highest levels of business continuance.
Solutions:
Future 2000 Systems, Inc. is a Compellent Certified Business Partner.
Compellent delivers affordable, modular storage solutions - exclusively
through business partners - that provide companies of all sizes enterprise
level storage capabilities without big system costs or complexities.
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clients’ technology decisions and are responsible for assessing,
designing, and implementing the optimal storage solution for your
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IP SAN
In a world where Internet Protocol (IP) dominates local and wide area networks, and data storage requirements grow unabated, it seems inevitable that these two forces converge. The Internet Small Computer Systems Interface (iSCSI) protocol unites storage and IP networking. iSCSI enables the transport of block-level storage traffic over IP networks. It builds on two widely used technologies - SCSI commands for storage and IP protocols for networking.
iSCSI is an end-to-end protocol for transporting storage I/O block data
over an IP network. The protocol is used on servers (initiators), storage
devices (targets), and protocol transfer gateway devices. iSCSI uses
standard Ethernet switches and routers to move the data from server to
storage. It also enables IP and Ethernet infrastructure to be used for
expanding access to SAN storage and extending SAN connectivity across any
distance.
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Advantages of IP Storage
- Familiar network technology and management
- Reduces training and staff costs
- Proven transport infrastructure
- Increases reliability
- Transition from 1 Gigabit Ethernet to 10-Gigabit Ethernet and Beyond
- Protects investment with simplified performance upgrades
- Scalability over long distances
- Enables remote data replication and disaster recovery
- Brings Ethernet economics to storage
- Enables lower total cost of ownership
