Dr. Jagadeesh S.N, Professor, Computer Science Department, PESITM, Shivamogga

“Basics on Storage area Networking”

26-09-2016

He initiated his talk by explaining that the storage area network is a network which provides access to consolidated, block level data storage. SAN are primarily used to enhance storage devices, such as disk arrays, tape libraries, and optical jukeboxes, accessible to services. So that the devices appear to the operating system as locally attached devices.

He explained SAN as a specialised high speed network that provides block level network access to storage which is typically composed of hosts switches, storage elements and storage devices.

He continued his talk by presenting a simple network connection through diagram. Where storage devices to a host such that the storage appears to be locally attached.

He concluded his talk by giving lots of information about fiber channel. Fiber channel protocol. Fiber channel over Ethernet and small computing system interface