TY - GEN
T1 - Traffic statistics in WDM storage area networks
AU - Pranggono, Bernardi
AU - Elmirghani, Jaafar M.H.
PY - 2008
Y1 - 2008
N2 - Storage area networks (SANs) are becoming an important part of optical metropolitan area networks (MANs). Growing storage and business-continuity needs; high-bandwidth, low latency requirements for SANs; storage infrastructure consolidation; and post-9/11 regulatory issues are among the several driving factors to push this trend. In this paper, we study network traffic in a proposed metro wavelength division multiplexing (WDM) ring architecture SAN with variable-length packets. The paper begins with a brief review of the relevant background information on SANs, data mirroring and network traffic analysis in the literature. Subsequently, the network architectures along with their medium access control (MAC) protocols are described. Network traffic analysis for the proposed network architectures is studied by means of discrete-event computer simulation. Network traffic characteristics are evaluated under self-similar asymmetric traffic scenarios.
AB - Storage area networks (SANs) are becoming an important part of optical metropolitan area networks (MANs). Growing storage and business-continuity needs; high-bandwidth, low latency requirements for SANs; storage infrastructure consolidation; and post-9/11 regulatory issues are among the several driving factors to push this trend. In this paper, we study network traffic in a proposed metro wavelength division multiplexing (WDM) ring architecture SAN with variable-length packets. The paper begins with a brief review of the relevant background information on SANs, data mirroring and network traffic analysis in the literature. Subsequently, the network architectures along with their medium access control (MAC) protocols are described. Network traffic analysis for the proposed network architectures is studied by means of discrete-event computer simulation. Network traffic characteristics are evaluated under self-similar asymmetric traffic scenarios.
KW - storage area networks
KW - probability density function
KW - wavelength division multiplexing
KW - servers
KW - media access protocol
KW - computer architecture
KW - protocols
U2 - 10.1109/ICTON.2008.4598662
DO - 10.1109/ICTON.2008.4598662
M3 - Conference contribution
SN - 978-1-4244-2625-6
T3 - 2008 10th Anniversary International Conference on Transparent Optical Networks
SP - 89
EP - 92
BT - 2008 10th Anniversary International Conference on Transparent Optical Networks
PB - IEEE
ER -