Storage terms starting with G

19 terms

  1. GA General Availability. An FCS release that has demonstrated high availability and reliability over a sufficient number of customer sites.
  2. gatekeeper A small EMC Symmetrix device configured to function as a lock during certain state change operations.
  3. Gb (Gigabit) One billion bits. Unit of measure for data transfer.
  4. GB (Gigabyte) 1,073,741,824 bytes, or 1,024 megabytes. Unit of measure for computer storage. Sometimes defined as one billion bytes.
  5. GbE Gigabit Ethernet. A type of high-speed network hardware. Also known as 1000base-T.
  6. GBIC (Gigabit Interface Converter) An acronym for "Gigabit Interface Converter". A GBIC is astandard for transceivers commonly used with Gigabit Ethernetand Fibre Channel.
  7. General Availability An FCS release that has demonstrated high availability and reliability over a sufficient number of customer sites.
  8. Geo-Dispersed Cluster A geo–dispersed, or multi-site, cluster is a cluster configuration used to help ensure high system and application availability in the event of…
  9. GID Group ID--in Unix, the numeric group ID that the "operating system" uses to identify you and members of your "group".
  10. gigabit (Gb) One billion bits. Unit of measure for data transfer.
  11. Gigabit Ethernet (GbE) A type of high-speed network hardware. Also known as 1000base-T.
  12. Gigabyte A unit of information or computer storage equal to 1,024Megabytes. Abbreviated GB, not to be confused with Gb, whichis used for gigabits.
  13. Gigabyte (GB) A gigabyte is a measure of computer data storage capacity and is a billion (1,000,000,000) bytes.
  14. giveback The return of identity from the emulated filer to the failed filer, resulting in a return to normal operation. The reverse of takeover.
  15. Global File System In some configurations, as with clusters or multiple NAS boxes, it is useful to have a means to make the file systems on multiple servers or devices look…
  16. global group A collection of user accounts in a Windows NT domain that are members of the domain in which the global group is defined.
  17. GMR (Giant MagnetoResistive Head) has great sensitivity to magnetic fields from the disk, making it possible to detect smaller recorded bits and to read these bits at higher data rates.
  18. group (also referred to as a Technology Center or TC) - a unit of several Group Art Units in the mechanical, electrical, chemical or design area, managed by one…
  19. group ID (GID) The number used by UNIX systems to identify groups.