A storage area network (SAN) or storage network is a computer network which provides access to consolidated, block-level data storage. SANs are primarily...
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Network-attached storage (NAS) is a file-level (as opposed to block-level storage) computer data storage server connected to a computer network providing...
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Network-attached storage Storage area network This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Network storage. If an internal link led...
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latency storage for each host. This is comparable in certain respects to direct attached storage (DAS) or a storage area network (SAN). Cloud storage is:...
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VSAN (redirect from Virtual storage area network)
storage area network (virtual SAN, VSAN or vSAN) is a logical representation of a physical storage area network (SAN). A VSAN abstracts the storage-related...
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Clustered file system (redirect from Distributed file storage)
data across multiple storage nodes, usually for redundancy or performance. A shared-disk file system uses a storage area network (SAN) to allow multiple...
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storage (DAS) is digital storage directly attached to the computer accessing it, as opposed to storage accessed over a computer network (i.e. network-attached...
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Network Direct Attached Storage (NDAS) is a proprietary storage area network system, originally marketed by the company Ximeta, for connecting external...
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The Storage Networking Industry Association (SNIA) is a registered 501(c)(6) non-profit trade association incorporated in December 1997. SNIA has more...
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application and storage servers, printers and fax machines, and use of email and instant messaging applications. Computer networking may be considered...
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IP network to operate in much the same way that a Fibre Channel storage area network does. Because iSNS is able to emulate Fibre Channel fabric services...
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This is a list of Storage area network (SAN) management systems. A storage area network is a dedicated network that provides access to consolidated, block...
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Software-defined storage may be implemented via appliances over a traditional storage area network (SAN), or implemented as network-attached storage (NAS), or...
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ISCSI (category Network booting)
storage devices (targets) on remote servers. It is a storage area network (SAN) protocol, allowing organizations to consolidate storage into storage arrays...
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's storage area network (SAN) or clustered file system for macOS. Xsan enables multiple Mac desktop and Xserve systems to access shared block storage over...
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hyperconverged infrastructure is that in HCI both the storage area network and the underlying storage abstractions[clarification needed] are implemented...
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shifted. Even block-storage is now seen as distinct servers (thus NAS), rather than the previous array of bare disks. Storage area network Wittig, Andreas;...
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The Buffalo TeraStation network-attached storage series are network-attached storage devices. The current lineup includes the LinkStation and TeraStation...
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Fibre Channel (category Computer storage buses)
to connect computer data storage to servers in storage area networks (SAN) in commercial data centers. Fibre Channel networks form a switched fabric because...
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2000. Storage area network Virtual Interface Adapter "System Area Networks (SAN)". Microsoft. 2003. Retrieved 2009-10-08. "Description of System Area Networks"...
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SAN. Network-attached storage (NAS) is mass storage attached to a computer which another computer can access at file level over a local area network, a...
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ATA over Ethernet (category Storage area networks)
high-performance access of block storage devices over Ethernet networks. It is used to build storage area networks (SANs) with low-cost, standard technologies. AoE...
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common distributed block storage system is a Storage Area Network (SAN). Distributed storage, as opposed to centralized storage, typically takes the form...
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Logical disk (category Computer data storage)
Each volume is identified with a drive letter. Storage area networks (SANs) consolidate inhomogeneous storage devices. As such logical disks or vdisks allow...
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Data storage is the recording (storing) of information (data) in a storage medium. Handwriting, phonographic recording, magnetic tape, and optical discs...
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An Internet area network (IAN) is a concept for a communications network that connects voice and data endpoints within a cloud environment over IP, replacing...
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attached via SCSI or Fibre Channel, or distant devices accessed via a storage area network (SAN) using a protocol such as iSCSI, or AoE. DBMSes often use their...
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Openfiler (category Network-attached storage)
an operating system that provides file-based network-attached storage and block-based storage area network. It was created by Xinit Systems, and is based...
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NetApp (redirect from Network Appliance Corporation)
1990s, NetApp's storage systems initially offered NFS and SMB protocols based on standard local area networks (LANs), whereas block storage consolidation...
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multiple network connections and data storage which is redundantly connected via storage area networks. HA clusters usually use a heartbeat private network connection...
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