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Understanding the Alternatives for Extending Storage-Area Networks

Overview To accommodate the vast amounts of data needed throughout enterprises, many IT organizations are switching from direct-attached storage to storage-area networks (SANs). In the latter model, storage resources are detached from the host servers and are shared among various servers in a SAN. The most popular protocols for SANs include Fibre Channel, Enterprise Systems Connection (ESCON), and IBM Fiber Connection (FICON).

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Publisher	Cisco	File Format	PDF, requires Acrobat Rdr 5
Date Published	September 2003	Downloads	8
Format	White Papers
Topics	SANs, Storage Management

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