Introduction to Storage Networking
Storage Networking Applications
Imaging Applications
�Imaging applications:
� Digital media production
� Pre-press production
� Document imaging and archiving
� Medical and scientific imaging
�Key benefits of SAN:
� Satisfies large capacity requirements
� Fast transfer of large files
� Sharing across heterogeneous OS
platforms
Imaging applications require high-performance storage I/O:
High-quality, high-resolution images consume storage capacity quickly,
even when compressed.
Digital production and post-production require rapid access to very large
files.
Image manipulation includes such processes as compression, resizing,
image enhancement, and colour correction. All of these are CPU-
intensive operations, and therefore images must often be accessible to
multiple servers to allow scalable operations. Images also frequently
have to be shared and manipulated across multiple operating systems.