Metropolitan and Wide area Storage Networks

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Author(s)/Presenter(s):

Stephen Barr

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Presentation

Tutorial

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Abstract

Distance is essential to support business continuity, compliance, and consolidation. This session is targeted to Storage Networking Professionals who desire an overview of available techniques and technologies that overcome storage networking distance boundaries.

This session will demystify Metro/Wide Area Networking by providing participants with a working-level understanding of:

Distance drivers, performance, protocols for Disk Mirroring (Synch/Asynch)/Clustering, remote disk and tape backup;
Techniques that optimize throughput including flow control and data compression;
Available transport technologies including SONET/SDH, CWDM, DWDM, IP, Metro Ethernet and dark fiber with the pro's and con's of each;
Selecting the appropriate technology to meet different requirements with case studies.