A storage area network (SAN) is a devoted network that connects servers to storage devices such as disk arrays or tape libraries, delivering block level access to shared information storage. Alternatively of learning, developing and managing two networks – an Ethernet nearby-region network ( LAN ) for user communication and an FC SAN for storage – an organization can now use its existing information and infrastructure for both LANs and SANs.

It controls the entire network and provides a centralized storage location for data and application. In the case of a SAN even so, it is possible to get Windows to treat a SAN volume as local storage (as opposed to a network drive), even if the physical storage device is located remotely. In a SAN, all the disk drives are stored in a committed storage device — a disk array. It does not need particular cabling and equipments like … Read More