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RAID
RAID's
next generation is upon us. As we transition to host independent, active - active - failover, SAS-SATA backplanes, 10Gbe iSCSI and 8 Gbit Fibre Channel & FCoE, all futures are starting to deliver.
Write back cache is becoming write through, heartbeats are sent across the SAN (not the LAN) and "cache coherency" has brought real data security into play. True, multiple, virtualized
fabrics are becoming the standard. Who really makes that “brand name” / #1 rated iSCSI or Fibre Channel solution. Call, ask & compare pricing.
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Fibre Channel
Bridged disk / tape subsystems and all
FC-AL JBODs have turned into shared 8Gb Fibre Channel SANs & multiple switched
fabrics, accelerated with SSD (Solid State Disk) & hot
serverLESS backup. All of the next generation's Fibre Channel
products ( HBAs, FC tape libraries, RAID controllers, hubs,
switches, SSDs, clustered file systems, ect.) are delivering into
production enviornments NOW. Our tech room is integrating and
delivering end to end 8Gbit Fibre Channel solutions
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iSCSI
iSCSI’s
price & performance advantages are driving
the next generation’s SAN / SAS-SATA capacity boom
from the SMB into the enterprise. 10 GbE
(10 Gigabit Ethernet) is finally available (maybe turning into
FCoE), delivering and you can try it
yourself. Access live iSCSI SAN storage across the
internet, using iSCSI HBAs (with TCPIP Offload
Engines aboard) or software initiators .
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NAS
NAS
is a lower
cost, user friendly technology that allows you to attach
hard disk (or a portion of your SAN) storage to your LAN
(network) without the need for additional costly file servers.
These "thin server" appliances can compliment
or replace costly file servers & optical
jukeboxes with faster user access, no moving robotic
parts, a smaller foot print, more capacity, fewer
client licenses and no additional software for user
access.
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