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What (who) is Storage Area Network - definition


Storage area network         
  • The Fibre Channel SAN connects servers to storage via Fibre Channel switches.
  • Fibre Channel is a layered technology that starts at the physical layer and progresses through the protocols to the upper-level protocols like SCSI and SBCCS.
  • switch]] with optical Fibre Channel connectors installed
  • Dual port 8 Gb FC host bus adapter card
NETWORK WHICH PROVIDES ACCESS TO CONSOLIDATED, BLOCK LEVEL DATA STORAGE
Storage Area Network; Storage network; Storage Area Networks; Centralized storage area networks; Distributed storage area networks; San server; Storage networking; Storage area networks; SANoIP; Sanoip; Storage area networking; Storage Area Network (SAN); SAN (computing); Storage Area Network(SAN); Storage layer
A storage area network (SAN) or storage network is a computer network which provides access to consolidated, block-level data storage. SANs are primarily used to access data storage devices, such as disk arrays and tape libraries from servers so that the devices appear to the operating system as direct-attached storage.
VSAN         
SUBCLASS OF A STORAGE AREA NETWORK
Virtual san; Virtual storage area network; Vsan; Virtual Storage Area Network; Virtual SAN
A virtual storage area network (virtual SAN, VSAN or vSAN) is a logical representation of a physical storage area network (SAN). A VSAN abstracts the storage-related operations from the physical storage layer, and provides shared storage access to the applications and virtual machines by combining the servers' local storage over a network into a single or multiple storage pools.
Campus network         
COMPUTER NETWORK LINKING SMALLER NETWORKS OF A CAMPUS, SUCH AS FOR A BUSINESS OR UNIVERSITY
Campus Area Network; Corporate area network; University network; Corporate network; Corporate Area Network; Campus area network
A campus network, campus area network, corporate area network or CAN is a computer network made up of an interconnection of local area networks (LANs) within a limited geographical area.Edwards, Wade.
Examples of use of Storage Area Network
1. NetApp is the company behind the popularity of network–attached storage (NAS) architecture, as opposed to more costly storage area network (SAN). Its Haifa center had employed 51 people.