Thinking Outside of Single-Box Storage

摘要

Storage solutions based on iSCSI transport have never been more popular. Large vendors such as EMC, Microsoft, and NetApp are taking up the iSCSI banner, an implicit endorsement of the many vendors that pioneered the space, including early iSCSI promoters EqualLogic and LeftHand Networks (reviewed in this issue) as well as Intransa. These vendors are proposing systems for SMBs that combine the flexibility and affordability of iSCSI transport with a clustered architecture. (For more on iSCSI storage, see "iSCSI: The Rising Enterprise Star," page 14).