Storage area network – Wikipedia

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.A SAN typically is a dedicated network of storage devices not accessible …

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