Storage Networks: The Complete Reference

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OEMs (Original Equipment Manufacturers), 417418

OLTP (Online Transaction Processing)

configurations, 76, 302303

data-centric nature of, 5051

NAS and, 318

OLTP databases, 60

OLTP storage systems, 71

OLTP workloads

applying SAN to, 299303

attributes, 282283

configurations, 302303

data organizational model, 300301

data paths, 302, 310

data warehouses, 308311

described, 299

HSM applications and, 76

SANs, 256257

user access, 301

See also workloads

online storage systems, 7172, 78

See also web-based storage

Online Transaction Processing. See OLTP

Open Systems Interconnection. See OSI

operating systems (OS)

Mac OS, 122123

micro-kernel , 136137, 161165

MVS, 260

NAS. See NAS micro-kernel OS

Real-Time Operating System, 43, 162

SAN, 236251

security, 449450

server OS, 208209

storage performance and, 379

switch, 236251

UNIX. See UNIX environment

Windows. See Windows environment

optical libraries, 94

optical storage systems

overview, 9394

SANs and, 210211, 267

OS. See operating systems

OSI (Open Systems Interconnection), 42

OSI model, 177180, 189190

outages, 357359, 361, 363

out-of- band management functions, 247248

out-of-band processing, 245246