RE: FW: Storage Area Networking [7:56857]

2002-11-07 Thread Frank Dagenhardt
TIA, You could use a server connected to a SAN as a sort of NAS. I do not know what you mean by sharing the data in a transparent way amoung n serversyes you could share data from a nas amoung n servers. This NAS / SAN combo is used by many vendors. Only one machine will see the lun as its own

Re: FW: Storage Area Networking [7:56857]

2002-11-07 Thread Jose Celestino
Words by Frank Dagenhardt [Tue, Nov 05, 2002 at 02:49:56PM +]: > Storage Area Netorking is just a way to enable storage to be used like a > utility. It simplifies management by consolidating all of your storage into > a virtual pool for you to be able to draw from at any time. Enabling you to >

FW: Storage Area Networking [7:56857]

2002-11-05 Thread Frank Dagenhardt
Storage Area Netorking is just a way to enable storage to be used like a utility. It simplifies management by consolidating all of your storage into a virtual pool for you to be able to draw from at any time. Enabling you to get the full use out of the storage that you have paid for. Most SANS have