Stevens: In SAN we have a good story today, with Storage Server integration. SANs are going to come down in price and need to be easier to deploy and manage. We're working with some suppliers like QLogic to integrate SANs better in high-end environments.
Byte and Switch: What's the biggest challenge with SANs?
Stevens: SANs are not secure. You can get a password and get on... I haven't heard of any real high-profile disasters related to SAN security, but it only takes one. Protecting security and identity on a SAN is key to making SANs more widespread and ubiquitous.
We've enlisted Brocade and McData, Qlogic, and Cisco to support Radius, Active Directory, and LDAP in Windows Server. It's Radius that will work with the SAN.
[Ed. note: Microsoft is working with
QLogic Corp. (Nasdaq: QLGC), as well as Brocade Communications Systems Inc. (Nasdaq: BRCD),
Cisco Systems Inc. (Nasdaq: CSCO), and
McData Corp. (Nasdaq: MCDTA), among others, to tie SAN interfaces into the Remote Authentication Dial-In User Service (RADIUS) security now used in Windows Server 2003 into Windows Storage Server 2003. The goal is to link the SAN gear's operating system with Microsoft's server directory and Radius capabilities, which in turn are tied in with the server's directory.]
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