A World Wide Name, or WWN, is a 64-bit or 128-bit name assigned to each manufacturer of network storage devices and fiber channels by the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, or IEEE. Each network storage device that a manufacturer produces must include the manufacturer’s WWN, which is used to identify a network storage device on a Storage Area Network, or SAN.   World Wide Name Vs Mac Address World Wide Names are similar to Mac Addresses, but are formatted differently. While a MAC address is used to identify a Read More

iSCSI (Internet Small Computer System Interface) is an IP-based storage networking standard that allows users to access data stored on a remote server from a number of computers within a specific network by linking computers over the Internet. It transfers data over local area networks, wide area networks, and the Internet. iSCSI places a shortcut on the user’s computer in order to provide the illusion that a user is storing data on his/her computer while the data is actually stored and retrieved from a remote server or a remote computer’s Read More