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You don't have to turn your storage area network upside down, with performance-sensitive data moved into the server on a flash-memory device. If you can fix its performance issues, the SAN has distinct advantages over server-side caching.
In my recent column The Upside-Down SAN, I talked about how some technologies such as server-side caching are affecting the role of the storage area network (SAN). These technologies want the SAN to be a capacity-focused storage tank and want performance-sensitive data moved into the server on a flash memory device. Although this strategy has a lot going for it, you don't always need to turn the SAN upside down to get performance. ... 続きを読む
http://www.informationweek.com/news/storage/systems/232700334
2012/03/29
Saving The SAN
