Wireless enhancements for storage area networks

David Griffith; Kotikalapudi Sriram; JingSi  Gao; Nada Golmie

2nd International ICST Conference on Broadband Networks

Research Article

Wireless enhancements for storage area networks

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    author={David Griffith and Kotikalapudi Sriram and JingSi  Gao and Nada Golmie},
    title={Wireless enhancements for storage area networks},
    proceedings={2nd International ICST Conference on Broadband Networks},
    publisher={IEEE},
    proceedings_a={BROADNETS},
    year={2006},
    month={2},
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    doi={10.1109/ICBN.2005.1589645}
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David Griffith
Kotikalapudi Sriram
JingSi Gao
Nada Golmie
Year: 2006
Wireless enhancements for storage area networks
BROADNETS
IEEE
DOI: 10.1109/ICBN.2005.1589645

David Griffith¹^,*, Kotikalapudi Sriram¹^,*, JingSi Gao¹, Nada Golmie¹^,*

1: National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), Gaithersburg, MD 20899 USA

*Contact email: david.griffith@nist.gov, ksriram@nist.gov, nada.golmie@nist.gov

Abstract

We propose the creation of a wireless storage area network (SAN) and analyze its benefits. The proposed wireless SAN (WSAN) consists of a SAN switch that is connected to multiple wireless access points (APs) that communicate with the storage devices. This network would save space and reduce overall costs by not requiring wired connections. Wireless SANS would also provide more freedom in the placement of storage devices. However, because the number of wireless access points is less than the number of storage devices, it is possible for user data requests to be blocked if all access points are busy. An important design goal is therefore to minimize the probability that a network access request will be blocked.

Published: 2006-02-13
Publisher: IEEE

: http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/ICBN.2005.1589645