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VERITAS Storage Foundation for Windows: VERITAS Dynamic MultiPathing (DMP) for Windows Competitive Comparisons
Overview Dynamic multipathing software provides the intelligence necessary to manage multiple I/O paths between a server and a storage subsystem, Without multipathing software the server Operating System (OS) presents multiple images of a disk or LUN (one for each I/O path discovered), to applications, which can result in data corruption. At its most basic, multipathing software has two main modes of operation; when configured for redundancy, a single path is dedicated to I/O transfer, while other paths are in stand-by mode. The software manages failover between the I/O paths. This eliminates the potential for a single point of failure. If connectivity along one path to a storage device is interrupted, the multipathing software dynamically switches I/Os to a surviving path, allowing application access to continue unimpeded.
| Publisher | Symantec | File Format | |
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| Date Published | August 2005 | Downloads | 6 |
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