SAN: pooled drive scheme

Characteristics

• Performance

  • Parallel SCSI

• Operational Impact

  • Client transparent backup windows
  • Borrowed server bandwidth

• Availability

  • Pooled drives @ Fibre performance

• Cost

  • Moderate
  • Justify fewer more robust drives

• Scale (as storage grows)

  • Add drives as performance dictates

• Distance

  • Fibre distances

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