Reliability and availability assessment of storage area network extension solutions.

Reliability is one of the key performance metrics in the design of storage area network extensions as it determines accessibility to remotely located data sites. SANs can be extended over distances spanning from hundreds to thousands of kilometers with optical or IP-based transport networks. The net...

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Veröffentlicht in:	IEEE Communications magazine 43, 3 (2005).
Weitere Verfasser:	Xiangqun Qiu
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	English
Schlagworte:	IP-based transport network. Failure recovery time. Link failure. Optical network. Remotely located data site. Service availability. Service failure rate. Software failure. Software upgrade. Storage area network reliability. Storage protocol.