This paper discusses some fundamental aspects of Distributed File Systems (DFS) for Storage Area Networks (SANs). Many desirable features make a SAN DFS attractive to a production environment that processes huge volumes of bulk data and requires high bandwidth. Throughout the discussion, the traditional server-attached storage model is compared against the distributed network-attached storage m...

This paper describes the motivation, architecture and implementation of iSAN, an “intelligent” storage area network. The main contributions of this work are: (1) how to architect an intelligent SAN that understands the storageconsumers to serve them better; (2) how to realise this abstract architecture using existing technologies; and (3) to demonstrate the benefits that would accrue from such ...

Designing a storage area network (SAN) fabric requires devising a set of hubs, switches and links to connect hosts to their storage devices. The network must be capable of simultaneously meeting specified data flow requirements between multiple host-device pairs, and it must do so cost-effectively, since large-scale SAN fabrics can cost millions of dollars. Given that the number of data flows c...

In order to reduce costs and increase efficiency of a supply chain system, cross docking is one of the most important strategies of warehousing for consolidation shipments from different suppliers to different customers. Products are collected from suppliers by inbound trucks and then moved to customers by outbound trucks through cross dock. Scheduling of trucks plays important role in the cros...

Storage Area Networks (SANs) are an emerging data communications platjorm which interconnects servers and storage devices (such as disks, disk arrays, and tape drives) to create a pool of storage that users can access directly. This networking approach reports benefits such as computer clustering, topologicaljlexibility, fault tolerance, high availability, and remote management. In order to eva...

Storage-area networks are a popular and efficient way of building large storage systems both in an enterprise environment and for multi-domain storage service providers. In both environments the network and the storage has to be configured to ensure that the data is maintained securely and can be delivered efficiently. In this paper, we describe a model of mandatory security for SAN services th...

Storage Area Networks, with their ability to offer high data availability, reliability and scalability, are a promising solution for the large scale storage needs of many enterprises. As with any distributed storage system, a major design challenge for a Storage Area Network (SAN) is to provide data integrity and confidentiality. In this paper, we propose a solution which addresses these core s...

Currently, there are several wireless networks deployed around the world. Examples include cellular networks, metropolitan area networks, wireless local area networks, and personal area networks. The combination of all these networks is usually called the beyond 3G (B3G) wireless networks. New state-of-the-art mobile terminals will allow users to freely move and to switch connections among diff...

Security is the most important aspect considered while using the wireless local area networks. Various techniques have been used in the past to increase the security of WLAN’s while simultaneously making the authentication process faster. The paper presents the review of various such techniques that have been used in the past for the enhancement of the security and achieving fast authentication...