Silicon Investor (SI) -- The First Internet Community

STOCKTALK

We've detected that you're using an ad content blocking browser plug-in or feature. Ads provide a critical source of revenue to the continued operation of Silicon Investor. We ask that you disable ad blocking while on Silicon Investor in the best interests of our community. If you are not using an ad blocker but are still receiving this message, make sure your browser's tracking protection is set to the 'standard' level.

Strategies & Market Trends : Gorilla and King Portfolio Candidates -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: kumar who wrote (25068)	5/20/2000 3:38:00 AM
From: Doren	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 54805

OK, I'll admit it, I'm confused. I thought I understood the difference between what EMC offers as opposed to NTAP. What's is the difference in a nutshell if it can be explained. What ever it is they seem to be selling a heck of a lot of 'em. NTAP=NAS (network attached storage) EMC=SAN (storage area networks) I did get this: Storage Area Network (SAN) is a high-speed subnetwork of shared storage devices. A storage device is a machine that contains nothing but a disk or disks for storing data. A SAN's architecture works in a way that makes all storage devices available to all servers on a LAN or WAN. As more storage devices are added to a SAN, they too will be accessible from any server in the larger network. In this case, the server merely acts as a pathway between the end user and the stored data. Because stored data does not reside directly on any of a network's servers, server power is utilized for business applications, and network capacity is released to the end user. ---------- Maybe I'm just not cut out to invest in high tech. Maybe I should go back to Hootersville and sell apples for $.05 a pound. Even at that I make a profit of $.10 a pound. (Or was that Milo Minderbender?)