Storage terms starting with E

30 terms

EA enterprise architecture
Early Access Former term for First Customer Shipment (FCS). See "FCS."
ECAP (Enhanced Cartridge Access Port) an 80-cartridge enter/eject facility for a StorageTek robotic tape library. See CAP.
ECCST (Enhanced Capacity Cartridge System Tape) a double length tape cartridge with a nominal uncompressed capacity of approximately 800 Mbytes.
edge device Any device, for example a NetCache appliance, that is deployed at the periphery of a LAN and WAN environment to interface traffic from the edge of one…
EFB Environmental Fault Bus. A storage shelf component that is used to note disk and shelf events, including disk insertion or removal, fan faults, and power…
EMRL (Embedded RAID Logic) Adaptec EMRL allows Zero-Channel RAID controllers to have exclusive access to the motherboard on the I/O device.
EMS Event Management System. A subsystem that controls the generation and propagation of events in the Data ONTAP kernel.
EMU Environmental Monitoring Unit. A storage shelf component that is used to note disk and shelf events, including disk insertion or removal, fan faults, and…
emulated filer A software copy of the failed filer that is hosted by the takeover filer. The emulated filer appears to users and administrators like a functional version…
end of availability (EOA) The date when a product ceases to be sold.
end of life (EOL) The period when a product is supported but not sold.
end of support (EOS) The period when a product is no longer supported.
environmental fault bus (EFB) A storage shelf component that is used to note disk and shelf events, including disk insertion or removal, fan faults, and power supply faults.
environmental monitoring unit (EMU) A storage shelf component that is used to note disk and shelf events, including disk insertion or removal, fan faults, and power supply faults.
EOA Early Operational Assessment.
EOL End Of Life. The period when a product is supported but not sold.
EOS Earth Orbiting System (NASA term).
Error-Correcting Code (ECC) Memory A type of memory that includes special circuitry for testing the accuracy of data as it passes in and out of memory.
Escon Mainframe channel devised by IBM that supports data rates of 200 Mbit/s over fiber.
ESCON (Enterprise Storage Connect) A type of fiber-optic channel used for inter-frame communication between EMC Symmetrix frames using EMC SRDF or between HP StorageWorks E XP series disk…
ESCON (Enterprise Systems Connection) IBM's fiber-optic technology for connecting mainframes using IBM channels. ESCON architecture provides fast access to disk arrays and tape. See FICON.
event log The default location (/var/adm/cmconcl/eventlog) where events are logged on the monitoring Continentalclusters system.
Event Management System (EMS) A subsystem that controls the generation and propagation of events in the Data ONTAP kernel.
Exabyte A unit of 1000 petabytes. See Byte.
expansion adapter The hardware used to extend a computer's control over a peripheral device. The expansion adapter includes the expansion card, expansion slot, and…
expansion card A printed circuit board that plugs into an expansion slot and extends a computer's control over a peripheral device.
expansion slot The slots on the system board in which you insert expansion cards.
export Data extracted or taken out of one environment or application usually in a prescribed format, and usually for import into another environment or…
extended distance cluster A cluster with alternate nodes located in different data centers separated by some distance. Formerly known as campus cluster.