``SAN and NAS - A Surge of Innovations''.Business Editors & High-Tech Writers SANTA BARBARA Santa Barbara (săn'tə bär`brə, –bərə), city (1990 pop. 85,571), seat of Santa Barbara co., S Calif., on the Pacific Ocean; inc. 1850. , Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 19, 2002 In spite of the economy slump, the past eighteen months have seen a surge of innovations in storage networking. Over one hundred well funded start-up companies start-up company A new business. are identified in a report issued by Peripheral Concepts, Inc. New technological advances are about to completely change the landscape of SAN and NAS (1) See network access server. (2) (Network Attached Storage) A specialized file server that connects to the network. A NAS device contains a slimmed-down operating system and a file system and processes only I/O requests by supporting the popular . No vendor can ignore this movement. The most significant technological advances emerge in three fields that are about to merge. First, is a family of new hybrid devices offering multi-protocol low latency Low latency allows human-unnoticeable delays between an input being processed and the corresponding output providing real time characteristics. This can be especially important for internet connections utilizing services such as online gaming and VOIP - VOIP is not as important as routing and switching capability. Data acceleration techniques form the second field, involving parallel processing parallel processing, the concurrent or simultaneous execution of two or more parts of a single computer program, at speeds far exceeding those of a conventional computer. often combined with grand scale silicon implementation, in products dubbed "Storage servers." Thirdly, come virtualization An umbrella term for enhancing a computer's ability to do work. Following are the ways virtualization is used. Hardware Virtualization Partitioning the computer's memory into separate and isolated "virtual machines" simulates multiple machines within one physical computer. and aggregation engines which overcome some of the most serious shortcomings A shortcoming is a character flaw. Shortcomings may also be:
The report highlights and analyzes ten major areas in SAN and NAS evolution, quantifying the market through 2004, and identifying the major players. These areas are: interfaces and interconnects, fabric components, management software, devices and arrays, storage servers, data accelerators, virtualization, Content Delivery Networking, Data security, and SAN and NAS convergence The result of an extensive end user survey is summarized in the report. It reveals that SAN and NAS have enjoyed wide acceptance in the past 18 months. Storage capacity is distributed in the enterprise between storage internal and external to the server, with a distinct trend toward external storage. External capacity connected to SANs represents on the average 60% of the total installed disk capacity of a site. A significant percentage of the surveyed sites (45%) own more than one SAN and remain cautious in their consolidation plans. NAS is not as widely deployed as SAN in the population interviewed, but its growth rate will surpass SAN. The complete report identifies the major contributors to SAN and NAS success, analyzes the profile and strategic directions for a number of major contributors, and produces features matrices for several key products. Peripheral Concepts, Inc. is a leading consulting firm Noun 1. consulting firm - a firm of experts providing professional advice to an organization for a fee consulting company business firm, firm, house - the members of a business organization that owns or operates one or more establishments; "he worked for a specializing in storage and storage management. You can contact them 805/563-9491, email reports@periconcepts.com for an executive summary, or view the detailed table of contents and list of figures on the Web at www.periconcepts.com under Reports. Key Words: Storage, Networks, SAN, NAS |
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