soft zoning
Soft zoning is the use of World Wide Names (WWNs) to allocate resources and control access in a storage-area network (SAN).
With soft zoning, device assignments can be changed to respond to the varying demands of servers in the network. In comparison, hard zoning uses switch port numbers to set up the zone and each device in the SAN is assigned a permanent zone.
Soft zoning should be used when flexibility is an important factor and security can be ensured by cooperating hosts but isn't necessarily a paramount issue.
Content Continues Below
Considerations for Using Cloud File Storage
The cloud-based file storage landscape is constantly changing, making it important to keep up with the crucial offerings from different vendors. Unlock this white paper to learn which vendors to watch and learn 3 crucial observations to enhance your multi-cloud data storage strategy.
Start the conversation
0 comments