Direct Attached Storage and Introduction to SCSI Copyright © 2009 EMC Corporation. Do not Copy - All Rights Reserved. Section 2 : Storage Networking Technologies and Virtualization Direct Attached Storage and Introduction to SCSI Chapter 5 Module 2.1 – Direct Attached Storage and Introduction to SCSI
Lesson: Direct Attached Storage Copyright © 2009 EMC Corporation. Do not Copy - All Rights Reserved. Lesson: Direct Attached Storage Upon completion of this lesson, you will be able to: Discuss the benefits of DAS Describe the elements of DAS Discuss DAS management considerations Discuss DAS challenges
Copyright © 2009 EMC Corporation. Do not Copy - All Rights Reserved. What is DAS? External Direct Connect Internal Direct Connect Uses block level protocol for data access
Copyright © 2009 EMC Corporation. Do not Copy - All Rights Reserved. DAS Benefits Ideal for local data provisioning & Storage Quick deployment (arrangement) for small environments (set-up) Low capital expense Low complexity