Network search engines step up to storage demands

With the rapid deployment of storage-area networks come demands for decreased data access times, increased flexibility to partition data, more memory, improved security and reduced system complexity. Network search engines (NSEs), with their ability to search an entire forwarding or policy table det...

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Published inCommunication systems design Vol. 9; no. 5; p. 25
Main Author Roberts, Brent
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published San Francisco MultiMedia Healthcare Inc 01.05.2003
Subjects
Information management
Network management systems
Network storage
Network topologies
Search engines
Systems design
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Summary:With the rapid deployment of storage-area networks come demands for decreased data access times, increased flexibility to partition data, more memory, improved security and reduced system complexity. Network search engines (NSEs), with their ability to search an entire forwarding or policy table deterministically in a single clock cycle, have emerged as a possible solution to these demands in wide-area, metro-area and local-area networks. Though an infant technology, NSEs have diverged in some respects, particularly with respect to their interface to surrounding processors as well as the level of filtering that can be applied.
ISSN:1086-4644