Glossary

Enterprise Architecture

• Cache - an area of memory or storage used for rapid access to frequently used data
• DAS - direct attached storage
• FSMS - file storage management system that organizes and prioritizes all requests
• File System Storage Component - part of the FSMS that directs the movement of data to and from physical storage devices
• I/O - input/output requests
• LBA - logical block addressing
• NAS - network attached storage
• Pre-fetching - automated retrieval of data or images based on pre-defined workflows
• RAID - redundant array of independent drives
• RAIT - redundant array of independent tapes
• SAN - storage area network
• SCSI - small computer standard interface
• WAN/LAN - wide area network/local area network

Organizations

• ANSI - American National Standards Institute
• NASD - National Storage Industry Consortium's Network Attached Storage Devices
• SNIA - Storage Networking Industry Association