.NET Server, NAS to get storage upgrade
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Microsoft Corp. is taking aim at the high-end storage space with features being implemented in .Net Server 2003 and Server Appliance Kit 3.0. When it comes out early next year, Windows .Net Server 2003 will be bootable from a SAN (storage-area network) and will have new host-bus adapter certifications, said Zane Adam, director of product management, at the Redmond, Wash., company's six-month-old Enterprise Storage Division. Soon after its release, it will be upgraded for iSCSI support, he said. Microsoft hopes the upgrades will enable it to meet data center managers' strict demands on servers managing Fibre Channel and SCSI storage. However, Windows will not get actual SAN management software.