SANs Demystified
Get up to speed quickly on storage area networks (SANs) in the real world. This detailed resource explains SAN technology and functions, showing how to manage, configure, and build your own SAN for a wide variety of applications.
TABLE OF CONTENTS SANs Demystified
G-H
- G_Port
- A port on a Fibre Channel switch that can function either as an F_Port or as an E_Port. The functionality of a G_Port is determined during port login. G_Port functions as an F_Port when connected to an N_Port and as an E_Port when connected to an E_Port.
- GbE
- Gigabit Ethernet.
- Gb, Gbit, gigabit
- Shorthand for 1,000,000,000 (10 9) bits. Storage Networking Industry Association publications typically use the term Gbit to refer to 10 9 bits rather than 1,073,741,824 (2 30) bits; for Fibre Channel, 1,062,500,000 bits per second.
- GB, Gbyte, gigabyte
- Shorthand for 1,000,000,000 (10 9) bytes. The Storage Networking Industry Association uses Gbyte to refer to 10 9 bytes, as is common in I/O-related applications, rather than the 1,073,741,824 (2 30) convention sometimes used in describing computer system RAM.
- GBIC
- Gigabyte interface converter.
- Geometry
- The mathematical description of the layout of blocks on a disk; the primary aspects of a disk s geometry are the number of recording bands and the number of tracks and blocks per track in each, the number of data tracks per cylinder, and the number and layout of spare blocks reserved to compensate for medium defects.
- Gigabaud link module (GLM)
- A transceiver that converts between electrical signals used by HBSs (and similar Fibre Channel devices) and either electrical or optical signals suitable for transmission; GLMs allow designers to design one type of device and adapt it for either copper...
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