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Re: Home Storage Area Network security

  • From: Rafi Sadowsky
  • Date: Sun Sep 21 18:31:18 2003 
Hi Seam


## On 2003-09-21 17:58 -0400 Sean Donelan typed:

SD> 
SD> I received a few comments about file servers not serving files by default.
SD> 
SD> There are a bunch of home SAN products on the market.  They are designed
SD> to make it very easy for customers to set up and use a home storage area
SD> network.
SD> 

  IMHO you got the terminology wrong - these are nice NAS(Network 
Attached Storage) devices - not SAN

 SAN(as in Fiber channel or possibly iSCSI over GigE) is a touch expensive
for SOHO(typically starting off in the 5 digit (US$) range)

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Thanks
	Rafi