Networking Fundamentals with SAN (System Area Network)
What do you need to know about SAN networking? A System Area Network or SAN is also known as Storage Area Network. It is one of the most important terminologies in Computer Networking . SAN is a separate network that stores and performs backups of shared resources and data. It allows the full liberty of accessing those files to all the users registered on the network. They mostly use in organizations because of their ability to store data and resources with maximum security and end-to-end encryption. SAN basically stores the data and resources while performing backups through an alternate network of storage devices like disk storage. It designs to allow storage devices to present to the servers on a WAN (wide area network) and a LAN (local area network). Benefits of using a System Area Network 1. Using additional capacity – In System Area Network, data does not remain on the main network servers. It offers great benefits because a user would have an ...