To accommodate the stricter government regulations for longer data retention and to manage the greater amounts of data being generated by business automation, many IT organizations are switching from direct-attached storage to storage-area networks (SANs). This must-read paper discusses the key deployment considerations and various options for SAN extension including:
<li>Fibre Channel </li>
<li>Enterprise Systems Connection (ESCON) </li>
<li>IBM Fiber Connection (FICON) </li>
