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Microsoft Storage Technologies - Storport Driver Model

Storport is a new storage driver model created by Microsoft for Windows Server 2003 and future Windows® operating systems. Storport offers a higher performance architecture and better Fibre Channel compatibility in Windows systems.

White Papers

•Storport in Windows Server 2003: Improving Manageability and Performance in Hardware RAID and Storage Area Networks

The Storport driver, new to Microsoft Windows Server 2003, delivers greater performance in hardware RAID and storage area network (SAN) environments than the preexisting SCSIport driver was capable of delivering.

•An Optimal Approach: Emulex Corporation's Implementation of a Windows Server 2003 Storport Miniport Driver

Read this Emulex technology brief to learn how the Storport driver, released with the Windows Server 2003 platform, is designed to match the high performance capabilities of storage area networks (SANs) and hardware-based disk arrays, optimizing SAN performance and manageability.

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