Fibre Channel (FC) Storage uses a high-speed network technology for data storage that has become a common connection type for SAN enterprise storage. It is especially suited for creating SAN topologies for virtualization, data center or other demanding platforms. The technology offers point-to-point, switched, and loop interfaces, and is designed to interoperate with SCSI.

Data storage centralization, centralized management, and consolidation are challenges that all companies face in order to store and share data. Data storage centralization provides safety and gives users the ability to stream and download files provided by network users. The concept of centralized data management opens a variety of possibilities, which are essential for any company in today's competitive and demanding market. What does this mean for the storage industry and for the evolution of storage software? Primarily, an expanded range of possibilities is changing the standard from an ordinary file server to a complex and multifunctional device.

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Any interruption in access to key information can result in outrageous costs, proving the importance of high availability of company resources. Storage virtualization provides increased performance and security of information exchange and storage.

Application server data is vital for every company and a loss of its availability due to a major failure or catastrophe would be devastating. Many companies use traditional tape backup to protect themselves from such disasters. More reasonable approach involves solutions that will automatically save backup data on a remote server.