SAN

Fibre channel infrastructure

SAN stands for storage area network, a dedicated high-speed network connecting data storage devices to servers.

IT professionals use SANs to consolidate storage resources and improve performance in enterprise environments: The company upgraded its SAN to handle increased data loads.

storage

array

Ordered collection or display

  • fiberPlant-based digestive aid
  • zoningSectioning areas by use
  • RAIDDisk virtualization technology

NAS · volume · snapshot · virtualization · block · disk · partition · mount · filesystem · repository

Opposites
storage architecture

SANNAS

Network-linked storage device

internal storage · external hard drive

infrastructure model

SANcloud storage

Online data preservation service

cloud · public cloud

Phrases
Family

insane, sane, sanguine, sanity, insanity, sanitation, sanitary, sanitize, sans

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