How Ethernet Hybrids are Blurring the Lines Between SAN and NAS Systems
Faster Connectivity and Bigger Creativity Change Up the Options In Shared Storage
By Bryant Frazer
May 22, 2006 Source: Film & Video
NAS v. SAN. Ethernet v. fibre-channel. Decisions in the shared-storage
space aren't getting much easier to make as the options available
multiply and the power and performance relationships among technologies
shift. Fibre-channel used to be the power-users' connection of choice,
but the imminent arrival of 10 Gigabit Ethernet means it won't be the
fastest cable on the block anymore. And while your gut may say you need
a SAN for heavy-duty post work, there are NAS systems on the market
that demonstrate, convincingly, that's not always the case. In the
weeks leading up to NAB, and at the show itself, Film &
Video talked to a sampling of storage vendors about how they
help their customers sort through the issues. We asked power users at
Post Works in New York City and Post Logic in Hollywood, CA, to talk
about the moving target that is shared-storage nirvana. Finally, we got
engineer Ari Zohar Klingman to write an article that frames the debate
and details three different approaches to shared storage in three
different environments: Nice Shoes, Guava, and Freestyle Collective.
Read
his piece here.
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