Title :
Building the enterprise-wide storage area network
Author :
Milanovic, Stanislav ; Petrovic, Zoran
Author_Institution :
Serco Group plc, Frascati, Italy
Abstract :
A storage area network deployment within a global communications company is presented. The new storage-centric infrastructure includes an open, modular and scalable storage network, not tied to any one server or application. A leading provider of telecommunication solutions was looking to move ahead quickly with SAN technology to achieve early and sustainable competitive advantage by leveraging its information resources.
Keywords :
business data processing; computer networks; open systems; storage management; SAN; competitive advantage; enterprise-wide storage area network; global communications company; information resources; open modular network; scalable storage network; storage-centric infrastructure; telecommunication provider; Computer network management; Electronic mail; Local area networks; Network servers; Network topology; Optical fiber LAN; Optical fiber cables; Storage area networks; Switches; Wide area networks;
Conference_Titel :
EUROCON'2001, Trends in Communications, International Conference on.
Conference_Location :
Bratislava, Slovakia
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-6490-2
DOI :
10.1109/EURCON.2001.937782
