Tiger Technology Server MetaLAN

metaLAN Server is a cost-effective version of Tiger Technology's flagship metaSAN software, designed specifically to be used in conjunction with metaLAN clients. As such, metaLAN Server is ideally suited for environments looking at leveraging low cost Gigabit Ethernet, but requiring advanced connectivity features.

Any number of metaLAN clients can connect to a single metaLAN Server, or a cluster of servers. A single server can be used as an alternative to a conventional NAS appliance while multiple servers can easily participate in a SAN cluster. A cluster offers the added benefits of virtualizing the shared storage thereby eliminating hotspots and I/O bottlenecks in addition to aggregating the total bandwidth of the individual servers for increased LAN performances. Please refer to metaLAN client software for additional information.

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Notes:

• metaLAN Server and metaSAN or metaSAN iSCSI licenses cannot be mixed in the same SAN. metaSAN offers all the same functionality and should be used whenever a combination of features is required.
• Unlike metaSAN and metaSAN iSCSI that can participate in a SAN as either client or server workstations, metaLAN Server can only participate in a cluster as a gateway for metaLAN clients. Because only the "master" server has direct access to the SAN storage, metaSAN licenses should be used instead when such access is required (ex: for backup purposes).