Storage Products: Storage Area Networks (SAN)

In order to provide high-speed, continuous access to multiple terabytes of data, a Storage Area Network (SAN) is required to overcome throughput and data-sharing issues common in existing data networks. In a SAN environment, storage devices such as tape libraries and RAID arrays are connected to many kinds of servers via a high-speed interconnection, such as Fibre Channel (FC), or IP-based approaches such as iSCSI. These architectures allow for any-to-any communication among all devices on the SAN.

The high-speed interconnection between servers and storage devices essentially creates a separate, external network that's connected to the LAN.

SANs provide a proven and significant ROI based upon benefits such as:

• Reduced Capital Expenditures
• Increased IT Staff Efficiency
• Higher system and application availability
• Enhanced ability to efficiently exploit the full value of a company's IT assets

StorCOM offers a wide range of Fibre Channel technologies for disk and tape storage devices.

• Storage Area Networks (SAN)
• Network Attached Storage (NAS)
• Server/Workstation Attached Storage
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