6. Comparison of Storage Networks Brocade ( SAN Equipments), EMC(Storage Equipments) NetApp, EMC Corp Seagate Technologies Major Player Can back up multiple volumes without server interaction Each volume copied separately from server tape Each volume copied separately from server tape Backup Distance doesn’t matter Distance doesn’t matter Must be close under (6 feet) Distance between server and storage Moderately expensive Moderately expensive In expensive Cost Yes No Yes Suited for databases Quick and easy Allow modest expansion Limited to host’s physical ports Ease of expansion Yes No No Centralized management Yes No No Redundant connectivity Easy (Hot-Swap) Easy (Hot – Swap) Might require shutting down servers to add storage Ease of adding storage Very fast (In the speed of Gb’s., Latest one is 10Gb Somewhat slow Fast Speed of accessing storage Not limited (Expandable) Not limited (Expandable) Limited to ports on the local server Capacity OS / Application decides NFS, SMB / CIFS NTFS, FAT, JFS, HFS, UFS, UDF File System FCP, iSCSI, FCoE , FCIP, InfiniBand, HyperSCSI, FICON TCP / IP IDE (PATA, SATA) SCSI (SCSI, SAS) Interface Technologies Shares data at block level. Commonly associated with Fibre Channel networks Shares network bandwidth User can access at file level over a LAN, a WAN, or over the Internet A traditional way of storage system Physically connected to a single host machine Terminology SAN NAS DAS Storage Feature
7. Core Technologies & Market Players SW BusinessCopy HP DoubleTake NSI Software's TrueCopy HDS PPRC IBM SRDF EMC Disaster Recovery Solutions Solaris Cluster SUN OpenVMS, M/C Service Guard HP Global Cluster Manager Symantec (VERITAS) High Availability / Cluster management CommandCentral Storage Symantec (VERITAS) OV SAN Manger HP Tivoli Storage Manager IBM Fabric OS Brocade SAN Manger Tivoli IBM OV Data Protector HP NetBackup Symantec (VERITAS) Backup Technologies Disk Arrays Territory storage JBODs EMC , Hitachi Data Systems HP , IBM Legato Systems Inc Storage Solutions FC Switch IP Switch HBAs , SAN Directors Brocade (McData) Cisco Qlogic Networking Solutions Product Market Players Technologies
A storage is a bulk system where we can save / share the data for centralized access and management. This can be widely known as Storage Array / Tertiary storage. Consists of Disk array What is disk array? Set of high performance storage disks that can store several terabytes of data. Single disk array can support multiple points of connection to the network. purpose of disk array? Probability of unavailability of data stored on the disk array due to single point failure is totally eliminated
Why DAS? Simple and affordable storage devices ideal for localized file sharing in environment with a single or multiple servers. DAS allows you to quickly add storage capacity without the planning expense. Vendors offers DAS in USB / eSATA / SCSI / SAS interfaces Why NAS? NAS offers file-level data sharing across the network, and is the ideal for company looking for a simple and cost-effective way to achieve data access and sharing for multiple clients within the network. NAS systems can integrate into any environment and serve files across all operating platforms. With added features like RAID and hot swappable drives, Why SAN? SAN box that shares data at block level can be quickly integrated to your existing SAN infrastructure. Abbrevations: PATA – Parallel Advance Technology Attached SATA Serial ATA SCSI – Small Computer System Interface SAS - Serial Attached SCSI NTFS – New Technology File System FAT – File Allocation Table HFS- High Performance File System JFS – Journal File System UFS – Universal File System UDF - Universal Disk Format NFS – Network File System SMB – Server Message Block CIFS – Common Internet File System
SMB – Server message Block, CIFS - Common Internet File System FCP - mapping of SCSI over FC iSCSI - mapping of SCSI over TCP/IP (Emerging Technology & Comparatively slow ) FICON – Used with mainframe FCoE – Fibre channel over Ethernet HyperSCSI - mapping of SCSI over Ethernet,