Storage Networks: The Complete Reference

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WAN storage, 342344

WAN topologies, 184188

WBEM (web-based enterprise management) standard, 413

web application workloads, 256, 258

Web Internet transactional (WIT) workloads

NAS, 327328

SAN, 304307

web servers, 1415

web services, 341

web-based enterprise management (WBEM) standard, 413

web-based storage

application transactions, 78

capacity of, 7

Metro Data Area evolution, 21

NAS and, 139141

vs. RAM storage, 78

web-based workloads

applying SAN to, 304307

configurations, 306307

data organizational model, 305

data paths, 305

user access, 305

wide area network. See WAN

Windows environment

application information, 379

file systems, 121124, 159

HBAs and, 226

NAS micro-kernel and, 164165

OS information, 379

Simple File Processing, 152

Windows-based servers, 260

WIT I/O, 327

WIT (Web Internet transactional) workloads

NAS, 327328

SAN, 304307

workloads

analysis, 287, 290291

attributes, 286

business applications, 281284

capacity planning and, 277278

characterization of, 278280

data organizational model for, 285286

data protection, 74

data warehouse. See data warehouse workloads

defined, 71, 278, 283284

estimating, 459461

HSM, 7576

identification of, 283284, 459461

importance of, 278

I/O content and, 285290

messaging, 256, 258

multiple types of, 292

NAS. See NAS workloads

for NAS devices, 173174

OLTP. See OLTP workloads

production, 215

requirements, 289290

SAN. See SAN workloads

SAN vs. NAS, 292

solutions matrix, 292

user access. See user access

web-based. See web-based workloads

workload solutions matrix, 292

See also I/O workloads

workstation access, SAN, 247

World Wide Names (WWNs), 431, 436437, 440441

WWN spoofing, 436437

WWNs (World Wide Names), 431, 436437, 440441