Storage area network applications

Author

DeCusatis, Casimer

Author_Institution

IBM Corp., Poughkeepsie, NY, USA

fYear

2002

fDate

17-22 Mar 2002

Firstpage

443

Lastpage

444

Abstract

A complimentary approach to SANs known as network attached storage (NAS) relies on IP protocols like Gigabit Ethernet to interconnect application servers with storage appliances. NAS does not segregate storage traffic from other types of IP data, and is typically optimized for smaller data packet transfers, using file protocols rather than block protocols (the maximum data block size for Gigabit Ethernet is 9 kilobytes using jumbo frames). The principle benefit of NAS is its flexibility and ease of installation; storage appliances are designed to "plug and play" on existing local area networks (LANs) with a minimum of effort.

Keywords

Internet; optical fibre LAN; optical fibre subscriber loops; optical storage; routing protocols; telecommunication traffic; Gigabit Ethernet; IP data; IP protocols; data packet transfers; local area networks; network attached storage; plug and play; storage area network applications; storage traffic; Bandwidth; Bit error rate; Network servers; Optical fiber cables; Optical fiber devices; Optical sensors; Protocols; Storage area networks; Telecommunication traffic; Wavelength division multiplexing;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Optical Fiber Communication Conference and Exhibit, 2002. OFC 2002

Print_ISBN

1-55752-701-6

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/OFC.2002.1036473

Filename

1036473