The Basics of SAN Implementation, Part II
August 7, 2003
By John Vacca
Most of the attention on SANs has focused on the performance benefits of a dedicated gigabit network that relieves conventional LANs of data movement loads. But, from a more holistic perspective, SANs will provide other significant advantages such as improved storage implementation, manageability, more reliable and flexible backup operations, and shared storage resources among multiple servers.
For peak demand periods, SAN-based implementations offer the ability to allocate additional resources to priority applications and servers. While server re-allocation is possible without SANs, such an approach is far less useful as storage resources cannot be shared. A powerful combination is dynamic server allocation with the ability to add or change storage resources without pre-determination.
One of the most attractive features of SAN implementation technology is its impact on standard network operations. The......

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