Overland Storage REO 9000 setup guide Glossary and Acronym List

Glossary and Acronym List

Application server. A networked computer on which production programs are running. The programs on an application server typically handle application interaction between an end-user’s browser-based programs and a company’s back-end database or business applications. (While the application server runs the programs and processes requests, the actual programs and data are usually stored on a file server.)

Backup server. A networked computer that actually stores copies of files from other computers or servers or that runs backup software that automates the backup process of moving copies of files to separate storage medium, such as tape.

D2D. Disk-to-disk

D2D2T. Disk-to-disk-to-tape

DHCP. Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol

File server. A networked computer on which programs and data files are stored. (While the application server runs the programs and processes requests, the actual programs and data are usually stored on the file server.)

GbE. Gigabit Ethernet

HBA. Host bus adapter

Internet SCSI (iSCSI). A standard protocol for universal access to shared storage devices over standard, Ethernet-based transmission control protocol/Internet protocol (TCP/IP) networks. The connection- oriented protocol transports SCSI commands, data, and status across an IP network.

The iSCSI protocol enables block-level storage applications over TCP/ IP networks. It builds on two widely-used technologies—SCSI commands for storage and IP protocols for networking.

„iSCSI uses the SCSI command set, the core storage commands used throughout all storage configurations.

„iSCSI uses IP and Ethernet, the basis for most corporate, metropolitan, and wide-area networks.

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