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storage area network
02 Mar 2004
WORD - A storage area network (SAN) 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. Typically, a ...
oversubscription
09 Feb 2007
WORD - Oversubscription, in a SAN (storage area network) switching environment, is the practice of connecting multiple devices to the same switch port to optimize switch use. Each SAN port can support a particular communication ...
unified storage
20 Dec 2006
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Unified storage (sometimes termed network unified storage or NUS) is a storage system that makes it possible to run and manage files and applications from a single device. To this end, a unified storage system consolidates ...
fat provisioning
13 Nov 2006
WORD - Fat provisioning (FP) is the conventional storage provisioning model, in which space is allocated beyond current needs, in anticipation of growing need and increased data complexity. As a result, the storage utilization rate ...
thin provisioning
08 Sep 2006
WORD - Thin provisioning (TP) is a method of optimizing the efficiency with which the available space is utilized in storage area networks (SAN). TP operates by allocating disk storage space in a flexible manner among multiple ...
zoned-bit recording
25 Oct 2004
WORD - Zoned-bit recording (ZBR) is a method of physically optimizing the utilization of a hard drive by placing more sectors in the outer tracks than in the inner tracks. This technique is also known as zone-bit recording, zone ...
SAN file system
21 Oct 2004
WORD - A SAN file system (that is, a storage area network file system) is programming that enables the sharing of the same copies of files stored on common storage media among multiple servers that may have different operating ...
storage area management
21 Oct 2004
WORD - Storage area management (SAM) is a still-evolving set of procedures, services, and standards for comprehensively managing the infrastructure of a storage area network (SAN), including all components within all servers, the ...
storage consolidation
05 Oct 2004
WORD - Storage consolidation, also called storage convergence is a method of centralizing data storage among multiple servers. The objective is to facilitate data backup and archiving for all subscribers in an enterprise, while ...
buffer credits
19 Sep 2004
WORD - Buffer credits, also called buffer-to-buffer credits (BBCs), allow data communication in a Fibre Channel storage area network (SAN) where there are long spans of fiber optic cable. Unless storage distance extension is ...
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