KERNSAFE - iSCSI SAN Software and Storage Virtualization

Generally the home office will have computers that are connected on small locally attached Ethernet 100Mb/s links. These systems typically have more processing power than they have storage access capability. These installations will find value in placing their storage in a central location, dynamically adding it to their personal computer systems with a simple plug-and-play configuration, thereby obtaining additional storage without having to open up their systems.

The home office environment can use standard, low-cost, off-the-shelf networking components. The switches are readily available, and the desktop and laptop processors usually have more processing power than is needed for the types of work they do. These home office systems usually come with Ethernet connections and do not need any special adapter cards. The only things they need are KernSafe iSCSI SAN.

iSCSI will permit home office users to set up their own external storage pool connected via a LAN. The owner will then assign new logical or physical hard disk drives (HDDs) to each host system without needing to open or replace them, see figure1.

Figure 1

It has been pointed out that even in a home office, doctors, lawyers, and others would love to have their data placed on small, inexpensive RAIDs (redundant arrays of independent disks) because of their reliability. And iSCSI provides even this "upscale" home office the most appropriate, flexible, and inexpensive interconnect for that need.

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