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15 Nov 2007 | SearchStorage.com

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SearchStorage.com editors did some research and came up with a list of the top 25 data storage glossary terms most requested by our readers. Curious? Take our top 25 data storage terms quick quiz and find out what's first and foremost on the minds of your fellow storage professionals.

1. This is hard disk storage that is set up with its own network address rather than being attached to the department computer that is serving applications to a network's workstation users.
What is it?

2. This is a new standard for connecting hard drives into computer systems. It is based on serial signaling technology, unlike current IDE hard drives that use parallel signaling.
What is it?

3. This technology offers point-to-point, switched and loop interfaces. It is designed to interoperate with SCSI, IP and other protocols.
What is it?

4. This is an IP-based storage networking standard for linking data storage facilities, developed by the Internet Engineering Task Force.
What is it?

5. This is a unique identifier used on a SCSI bus that enables it to differentiate between up to eight separate devices.
What is it?

6. This is a way of storing the same data in different places on multiple hard disks. By placing data on multiple disks, I/O operations can overlap in a balanced way, improving performance.
What is it?

7. This is a high-speed special-purpose network (or subnetwork) that interconnects different kinds of data storage devices with associated data servers on behalf of a larger network of users.
What is it?

8. This is a method used in accessing computer peripheral devices that employs a serial means of digital data transfer over thin cables.
What is it?

9. This is a method of reducing storage needs by eliminating redundant data.
What is it?

10. This is the pooling of physical storage from multiple network storage devices into what appears to be a single storage device that is managed from a central console.
What is it?

11. This is the assignment of different categories of data to different types of storage media in order to reduce total storage cost. Categories may be based on levels of protection needed, performance requirements, frequency of use and other considerations.
What is it?

12. This is a storage system in which all the data in an enterprise is backed up whenever any change is made.
What is it?

13. This is the activity of copying files or databases so that they will be preserved in case of equipment failure or other catastrophe.
What is it?

14. This technology focuses on file-level activities rather than block-level activities.
What is it?

15. This technology provides the benefits of disk storage in a system that emulates a tape library to existing backup software.
What is it?

16. This is a single storage system that can support both file access and block access.
What is it?

17. This is a feature of storage security that is gaining favor among enterprises that use storage area networks (SANs).
What is it?

18. Without this practice, backing up data is virtually useless.
What is it?

19. This ensures proper adherence to government regulations regarding the integrity, accessibility and retention of important data.
What is it?

20. There are endless rules and regulations in this area of storage technology.
What is it?

21. This is a repository for the storage, management, and disemination of data in which the mechanical, lighting, electrical and computer systems are designed for maximum energy efficiency and minimum environmental impact.
What is it?

22. This is the process of assigning storage, usually in the form of server disk drive space, in order to optimize the performance of a storage area network.
What is it?

23. Simply stated, these are large boxes that hold lots of hard disks.
What is it?

24. This consists of the precautions taken so that the effects of a disaster will be minimized.
What is it?

25. This is the practice of collecting computer files that have been packaged together for backup, to transport to some other location, for saving away from the computer so that more hard disks can be made available, or for some other purpose.
What is it?

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