The deployment of Storage Area Networks (SANs) by enterprises is expected to grow at a near exponential rate over the next few years. The rapid growth of internet content for e-commerce applications and increasing demand for high availability and data security are driving a wide variety of SAN solutions. This accelerated rate of adoption, however, is predicated on the successful resolution of interoperability and management issues required for mission critical storage applications. Customers must be able to select products that best suit their unique needs, regardless of supplying vendor, and must be able to manage the entire SAN environment with minimal overhead.
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