| For enterprise level businesses network disaster | | | | technology which allows the network to quickly and |
| recover has always be a topic that was discussed | | | | efficiently store and replicate data anywhere on the |
| and implemented on their networks. Now open iSCSI | | | | network. The reason why open iSCSI SAN is such a |
| SAN has opened up disaster recovery for small and | | | | breakthrough is that by being open it can work with |
| medium sized businesses. As the disaster recovery | | | | any preexisting network. Open iSCSI SAN works with |
| industry grows and technologies like open iSCSI SAN | | | | both fibre channel and IP based networks to protect |
| are created the market expands to fit all price points | | | | data and recover it when a disaster occurs. |
| both high and low. | | | | How Does Open iSCSI SAN work? |
| The Disaster Recovery Industry | | | | Open iSCSI SAN works by placing one or more open |
| The disaster recovery industry never became more | | | | iSCSI SAN applications on the network. Once installed |
| prevalent than it was on Sept. 11, 2001. With entire | | | | the open iSCSI SAN hardware begins replicating data |
| networks destroyed and billions of dollars of data lost, | | | | and spreading copies evenly over the network. Open |
| discussions began all around the world for network | | | | iSCSI SAN technology is intelligent so that it will |
| disaster recovery for businesses of all sizes not just | | | | replicate data in as many places as possible without |
| enterprise level companies. The years that followed | | | | taxing the network. It can also maintain network |
| 2001 included several natural disasters, continued terror | | | | security, so if secure data is replicated only the |
| attacks and threats, and large power outages. In 2004, | | | | intended uses can access that specific data even it |
| according to an InfoWorld study, disaster recovery and | | | | appears at locations when other users maybe located, |
| data protection topped the list of factors driving | | | | only the intended user will control the access. |
| storage spending. This rise in the demand for disaster | | | | Who Uses Open iSCSI SAN |
| recovery tools, caused a rise in disaster recovery | | | | A recent study by Storage Magazine showed 45% of |
| research and development. The peak of the research | | | | their readers either have implemented or are planning |
| and development brought about the first truly open | | | | to implement open iSCSI SAN applications. According |
| iSCSI SAN storage tool. | | | | to the Enterprise Strategy Group, there are over 2000 |
| Open iSCSI SAN Storage | | | | production open iSCSI SAN applications in use today. |
| Open iSCSI SAN Storage is a system based on iSCSI | | | | |