At what level of the Open System Interconnection (OSI) model is data at rest on a Storage Area Network (SAN) located?
A. Link layer
B. Physical layer
C. Session layer
D. Application layer
At what level of the Open System Interconnection (OSI) model is data at rest on a Storage Area Network (SAN) located?
A. Link layer
B. Physical layer
C. Session layer
D. Application layer
Data at rest means it is on Hard disk or some other media and not being used. How come D is answer? Answer is B.
CIFS or NFS is only used when data is read or written over the network (i.e. data in transit). However the data is stored on a physical medium which implies the answer B
To store data on NAS, you should use NFS or CIFS which are in layer 7
Any explanation why Answer is D what is the meaning of data at rest .
Data at rest mean data not in use of user or some entity mostly encrypted .