Common storage terms

CIFS – Common Internet File System – A NAS protocol
 DAS – Direct-attached storage
 FCIP - SCSI over FC tunneled through IP
 HBA – Host bus adapter
 iFCP - SCSI over FC translated to IP
 iSCSI - SCSI over IP (often over Ethernet)
 JBOD – Just a bunch of disks
 LAN - Local area network
 LUN - Logical unit number – The basic unit of block storage
 MTBF - Mean time between failures
 MTTF - Mean time to failure
 NAS – Network attached storage
 NFS – Network File System – A NAS protocol
 RAID – Redundant array of independent disks
 SAN - Storage area network
 SCSI – Small Computer Systems Interface