| FC |
An acronym for Fibre Channel, an interface standard for connecting computers to mass storage devices such as disk drives and tape libraries |
| GBIC |
An acronym for GigaBit Interface Converter, an interface module which converts the light stream from a fibre channel cable into electronic signals for use by a network interface card |
| Gigabyte |
A unit of storage, abbreviated as G or GB, equal to 1,024 Megabytes |
| HBA |
An acronym for Host Bus Adapter, an interface card which plugs into the computer's bus and connects it to the network |
| Hot Plug/Hot Swap |
The plugging in or removal of a drive into a system with the power turned on |
| iSCSI |
Pronounced "iscuzzy," an acronym for Small Computer System Interface protocol over IP network instead of a direct SCSI compatible cable which enables data blocks to be read from or sent at high speed to a storage device such as a disk or tape drive |
| JBOD |
An acronym for Just a Bunch of Disks, a term used for a storage enclosure which is supplied with preintegrated disk drives |
| Kilobyte |
A unit of storage, abbreviated as K or KB, equal to 1,024 Bytes |
| LTO |
An acronym for Linear Tape-Open technology, developed jointly by HP, IBM, and Seagate, an "open format" technology, which means that users will have multiple sources of product and media |
| Megabyte |
A unit of storage abbreviated as M or MB, equal to 1,024 x 1,024 = 1,048,576 bytes |
| Mirror Site |
An exact replica of a website or set of files on a computer server that has been copied to another computer server to reduce network traffic, ensure better availability, or make access faster for local users (mirroring is the practice of creating and maintaining mirror sites) |
| NAS |
An acronym for Network Attached Storage, a term used for RAID, tape and other mass storage systems which have an integral network connection such as ethernet or fibre-channel |
| Nibble |
A unit of information equal to 4 Bits (or half a Byte) |
