File area Network received attention

Now, more and more enterprise data are in the form of files, such as Word files, ppt files and various forms of files, most of which are accessed in file format, a large number of files and a variety of different types of files need to be accessed resulting in increasingly complex file systems. As a kind of data form, document needs new management method, and the appearance of File area network (FAN) solves this problem. A file area network (FAN) is a method of describing hardware and software technology for organizing, routing, exchanging, and continuing access to a large number of files. The ultimate goal of the file area network (FAN) is to provide a more flexible and intelligent platform for moving and managing file data in the most efficient and controllable manner. Boko is one of the first manufacturers to put the file area network (FAN) into practice, and Brocade believes that the file area network (FAN) can provide critical basic functionality:

File information in the enterprise-wide control, including the management of file attributes

Ability to establish file visibility and access without regard to physical devices or locations

Transparently move file data across platforms or geographic boundaries without disrupting system operation

Consolidation of redundant file resources and management tasks

Support for file data management in data centers and remote offices

The File area network (FAN) can provide enterprise front-end file services, assist Enterprise to complete file data replication, migration, and file resources online uninterrupted and other high availability mechanisms and for back-end storage equipment data migration requirements, to provide cross equipment and brand heterogeneous storage migration solutions, TB-per-hour file migration. Because the file area network (Fan) development momentum is good, by the attention of various vendors, including Brocade, EMC, Microsoft and so on provide a series of solutions, but each manufacturer to the file area network (FAN) understanding is different, in the use of various terminology is also not unified, In the future, manufacturers need to coordinate the solution of the concept unification problem of the file area network (FAN), in order to provide enterprise users with a unified file infrastructure, help develop the common model, reduce the cost of data migration and so on.