Talk:Direct-attached storage

Merge
Um, clearly it should be merged. I just don't know how. Any takers? True Vox 13:37, 8 March 2006 (UTC)

Yes, agreed. MERGE, SESAME. darn.. Anyone else? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 204.114.53.254 (talk) 03:47, 15 March 2006 (UTC)


 * Umm, what should be merged with it? The only merge proposal I can see in this article is from this edit, which proposed merging direct attached storage into here - which obviously should have been done, and was done in this edit - but that proposal came after all of the above comments. Probably it was the merge proposal in direct attached storage, which was added in this edit from 2005. Guy Harris (talk) 22:46, 10 March 2024 (UTC)

Fiber Channel
Fiber channel is not commonly used in a DAS environments, this is mostly used in SAN deployments. Atticka (talk) 15:35, 18 November 2008 (UTC)
 * So... It cannot be commonly used in DAS, because it is commonly used in SAN? How insightful. --Kubanczyk (talk) 22:00, 20 November 2008 (UTC)


 * Thanks for the helpful encouraging comment. DAS and SAN are two very different methods of organizing and connecting storage. A FC attached storage device can still be used in a 1-to-1 connection environment (IE: DAS), however this would be a waste considering FC is designed to connect many devices to a single storage unit (IE: a SAN). The explanation, albeit very simple, is here to help those of us who need help understanding the technology. Atticka (talk) —Preceding undated comment was added at 16:12, 24 November 2008 (UTC).
 * But FC actually is used in DAS architectures in this world, whether it is a waste or not by your judgement. Many small companies first buy a FC disk array for DAS, and later extend the architecture to SAN by buying FC switches. It is economically viable to them. I would even say this is pretty much a standard. On a side note, many Sun servers have internal FC drives. --Kubanczyk (talk) 15:34, 27 November 2008 (UTC)

Image
The image is contradictory and clearly shows a shared storage solution (single storage device with two servers attached). Direct Attached Storage should include all one to one attached storage devices ranging from USB drives, CD-ROMS to SCSI attached storage arrays. Atticka (talk) 14:31, 18 November 2008 (UTC)

Image
Nice image, unfortunately I have absolutely no idea what it's supposed to signify. Letter, greenback, Gig-Ethernet? And what's a "small exchange deployment"? Maikel 23:12, 14 November 2007 (UTC)

Grandmother compatibility
Could someone please write a layman's introduction about DAS? This article leaves me clueless. Thanks. Maikel 23:17, 14 November 2007 (UTC)
 * Here is a good example of what I have in mind. Maikel 23:23, 14 November 2007 (UTC)
 * Is the lead (the first paragraph) insufficient? Please add huh tag at the point where you stop understanding. Yeah, the picture could be better. --Kubanczyk (talk) 13:13, 23 November 2007 (UTC)

USB
Why are USB drives (and firewire) not included as examples of DAS? clearly they are directly attached, and they are storage. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 66.151.242.2 (talk) 18:56, 27 October 2009 (UTC)
 * Examples are just examples, and not a full list. Yes, most of the storage is of DAS kind, including USB and firewire devices. Although I don't know why you inquiry specifically about those. Using the name DAS just implies that you are comparing something to SAN or NAS, it is not used outside such context (for example "here, take my USB DAS" sounds weird). --Kubanczyk (talk) 08:10, 30 October 2009 (UTC)

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