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Lan Free Backup Using Fibre Channel
Overview A Fibre Channel, LAN-free backup solution offers all management advantages of a centralized backup scheme coupled with the high performance of distributed backup. For cost sensitive solutions, a Fibre Channel hub can replace the switch. Fibre Channel hubs are less expensive than switches but do not scale well for configurations that involve external storage. LAN-free backup using Fibre Channel is an excellent solution for environments that have a heavily congested LAN and need to perform system backups without impacting LAN performance. LAN-free backup is a first step into SAN technology. With the addition of external storage, the true power of SANs can be realized. Applications such as storage centralization, virtualiza-tion, and clustering allow IT environments to reach new levels of reliability, scalability, and maintainability.
| Publisher | Adaptec | File Format | HTML & PDF |
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| Date Published | August 2003 | Downloads | 10 |
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