Storage Area Networks

What is SAN? A SAN is a high speed network whose purpose is to connect multiple heterogeneous servers to a shared storage system—through either a fibre channel or ethernet switch.

What issues does a SAN address? A SAN addresses many problems associated with the traditional server attached storage model. In the traditional model each server requires its own dedicated storage resulting in poor storage utilization. Back-up and recovery is difficult. Users are "locked in" to a particular storage architecture. Administration of many different "islands of storage" requires more and more staff.

A large pool of storage can be shared among many servers improving storage utilization.

Recovery from data hazards can be accomplished in minutes though an intuitive wizard based interface.

Different technologies can be "mixed and matched" like FC and iSCSI server connectivity and FC and SATA disk drives.

Administration is streamlined by utilizing a single integrated management interface.

Booting the operating system from the SAN allows for a new, efficient, server acquisition strategy called acquiring diskless servers.

Winslow Technology Group, LLC can help you identify issues with your storage environment and help you in the design, acquisition and implementation of a new SAN solution.

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