[geeks] Apple vs. Sun

[Chris Hedemark]

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On Wednesday, November 6, 2002, at 03:11 PM, Jonathan C. Patschke wrote:

> Ewwww.  That's not a storage area network.  That's storage gone awry.
> If your SAN doesn't look like a local device, it's not a SAN.

But it does.  Check out iSCSI.

> The SAN
> does -not- live on the LAN--that's the whole point.

It does now.

Why do it?  It's gobs cheaper, and it works.  The extra money spent on 
the more technically correct solution isn't justified in many shops.

Chris Hedemark
Hillsborough, NC
http://yonderway.com


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