RAID Storage--Exploring All Channels

This group of servers can benefit by having a directly accessible, aggregate storage area vs. having to reach through one of the servers to get to data. Fibre channel will be an enabler in the deployment of server clusters.

Fibre channel is the harbinger of intelligent storage peripherals that sit directly on the network (i.e., no server required as a traffic cop). These Storage Area Networks, or SANs, provide access to the storage directly. This dramatically changes the storage access paradigm and the way we think about workflow.