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Advance Network-Storage system SAN & NAS

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Index
Introduction Storage networking SAN NAS SAN Vs NAS Applications of SAN and NAS

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Storage networking
Storage and networks in the beginning Historical view Introduction to computer storage Need of storage Types of storage Fixed (Disk storage) * JBOD * RAID Removable

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Network control and access Clients Application server

File server

Disk or Tape devices

Data path / storage network

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Existing implementations Server clusters Server mirroring Storage networking fundamentals SCSI TCP/IP Fibre channel

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Storage networking
Direct attached storage Storage area network Network attached storage

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DAS : SAN :

LAN SAN
NAS :

LAN

NAS

NAS

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NAS and SAN Interfaces

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SAN
Storage area network Definition

Components of SAN Emergence of SAN Technology for SAN

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The fibre channel SAN environment

End user platform ( remote entity)

LAN
Server system ( connected entity)
End user platform Fibre channel n/w

Storage subsystem (connected entity) Disk / RAID Tape

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Components required Classes of component End user platform Server system Storage device Interconnect entities
Logical relationships Storage subsystem & interconnect entity Between storage subsystem Server system & storage subsystem Server system & end user component Storage & end user component Between server system

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NAS
Network attached storage

Definition

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Managing NAS Direct NAS Basic architecture

* NetSCSI * NASD

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Network support for NAS File system traffic patterns network file access entails small message traffic Drive resources price-conscious drives, resource constrained devices
Cluster SAN, LAN & WAN

Reliability reliable delivery of data for most applications

Failure detection / Recovery Multicast either in a NIC automatically replicates data or in network fabric, can significantly reduce b/w requirement

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SAN Vs NAS
SAN Server Server Server Client SAN Client LAN Client NAS

Client
Application server

NAS filter

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SAN
Storage volume sharing Yes File sharing Almost never

NAS
Almost Never Yes

Robustness Manageability
Back up recovery

Performance Purchase cost

Scalability Network topology

Higher Lower Good Higher

Higher Higher

Lower Higher Poor Lower

Lower Lower

Fibre channel

TCP/ IP

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Application of SAN & NAS

Application of SAN Data mining on PC cluster connected with SAN Distributed file system for SAN Application of NAS Integrity and security management

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Conclusion
San system provides a various functions data transfer reliability configuration flexibility high performance high scalability centralized management of storage Nas system provides a various functions simplified addition of file sharing capacity easy maintenance

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Bibliography

[1] Garth A. Gibson and Rodney Van Meter Network attached storage architecture November 2000 [2] David f. nagle, Gregory R. ganger, Jeff butler, Garth Goodson and Chris sabol Network supports for network-attached storage 18-20 august 1999 [3]Masato oguchi and Masaru kitsuregawa Data mining on PC cluster connected with storage area network May 2000

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Question & Answers

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