Results from shoot out JNI was slated for eval. but backed
at last minute.
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Network Infrastructure
4 Storage Area Networks
In the world of complete solutions,
SAN technology falls behind
By ALAN ZEICHICK
September 25, 2000
Storage area networking technology is
capable of changing the way enterprises
think and how they deploy their servers,
but so far the technology is in its infancy as
standards are still evolving. Although
components and even complete solutions
exist, the manageability of SANs and their
integration into the rest of a business's
technology infrastructure is weak.
For this server test, we invited SAN
vendors with complete SAN solutions to
the InternetWeek/ University of Hawaii
Advanced Network Computing Lab. We
wanted to see not just the individual
components, but an entire SAN working,
from server, to storage, to management.
Many vendors competed for our five
available test slots. The first takers were
QLogic Corp., Interphase Corp., JNI Corp.
and Compaq, the latter of which requested
two test periods for two completely
different SAN solutions. At the eleventh
hour JNI pulled out, leaving us with four
SANs. All four solutions worked, but all
were very different.
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