What types of management tools are required for SANs?
There are many software tools available today to manage different aspects of the SAN. The only one that is really considered mandatory in a multiple computer configuration is what ATTO calls Volume Management Software. With Networked Attached Storage, each server is connected to its own bank of storage. This storage can be shared with other workstations or servers over a LAN or WAN. It is each server’s responsibility to manage access to its storage. With a SAN, any connected server or workstation has direct access to all of the available storage. There is no dedicated server available to manage the data. This generates a few basic concerns. Namely, what happens if more than one computer is accessing a stored file at the same time, and how does one computer know that a file has been updated, deleted or created by another computer? ATTO AccelWare software was designed to manage these potential data corrupting issues. It is an easy to use software tool that executes in the background on e
