SAN Extensions and IP Storage
Always have a backup plan.
—Mila Kunis
Information in this chapter:
• SAN Extension Overview
• Optical Networking Solutions
• SONET/SDH Services
• FCIP
• iSCSI
• Putting It All Together
• Summary
Introduction
In Chapters 4 to 6, we covered WAN optimization in the private cloud. Chapter 7 looks at a different private computing building block—the storage module (see Figure 2.1). This chapter discusses SAN extension designs and solutions for interconnecting multiple storage modules in a private cloud computing environment. As the famous saying goes, “Do not put all your eggs (data/databases) in a single basket (DC).” A single DC (or “cloud computer”) will sooner or later exhaust its resources as the number of ...
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