Lets help desks post commonly requested infor to Web via knowledge management application. SANs are also more reliable, the theory goes, because storage components and servers become swappable parts, easily replaced if a server goes down. Likewise, if storage goes down, a hot backup is waiting to pick up the load. Data sharing is compromised by incompatible file systems and data formats across disparate operating systems. Management tools that configure and back up heterogeneous SANs are sorely lacking.
Support is limited for storage devices and servers from multiple vendors.
Storage must be located within a few miles of servers. Products can't be integrated into a single management console. Called ferrets by their writers, such software programs could eventually be useful to bring you news, prioritize your incoming mail, and doing your research. It may eventually talk to you in a human voice, plug itself into an outlet when it gets tired, and have wireless access to any public network. Artificial Intelligence - Computers that think like humans.