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Server Clusters: Storage Area Networks

Overview A storage area network (SAN) is defined as a set of interconnected devices (for example, disks and tapes) and servers that are connected to a common communication and data transfer infrastructure such as Fibre Channel. The common communication and data transfer mechanism for a given deployment is commonly known as the storage fabric. This paper describes what storage area networks (SAN) are, how server clusters can be deployed in a SAN, and how the Windows platform and Windows clustering in particular, take advantage of SAN technology.

Further White Paper Details
Publisher	Microsoft	File Format	WORD
Date Published	March 2003	Downloads	7
Format	White Papers
Topics	SANs, Storage Management, Windows NT - 2000 - 2003

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