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Using SANs and NAS: Help for Storage Administrators - SAN Backup and Recovery

Overview A SAN typically consists of multiple servers, online storage (disk), and offline storage (tape or optical), all of which are connected to a Fibre Channel switch or hub - usually a switch. Once the three servers are connected to the SAN, each server in the SAN can be granted full read/write access to any disk or tape drive within the SAN. This allows for LAN-free, client-free, and server-free backups, each represented by a different-numbered arrow.

Further White Paper Details
Publisher	O'Reilly Media	File Format	HTML
Date Published	February 2002
Format	Book chapters
Topics	Storage Management, NAS, SANs

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