Thursday, July 10, 2008

SAN

Storage Area Network; a network infrastructure of shared multi-host storage, linking all storage devices as well as interconnecting remote sites.

Storage Area Network. A dedicated high-speed network that establishes a direct connection between storage elements and the back end of the server.

Storage Area Network. A network of storage devices connected to the main computer network via a fiber optic channel hub, usually at the data center. Data can be stored at separate computers for scalable, consolidated and efficient storage.