Storage area network

In computing, a storage area network is a network designed to attach computer storage devices such as disk array controllers and tape libraries

Tape library

In computer storage [i], a tape library is a storage device which contains one or more tape drive [i]s, ...

to servers. As of 2006, SANs are most commonly found in enterprise storage. A SAN allows a machine to connect to remote targets such as disks

Hard disk

A hard disk drive is a digitally encoded non-volatile storage [i] device which stores data on the magnetic [i] ...

and tape drive

Tape drive

A tape drive, also known as a streamer, is a data storage device [i] that reads ...

s on a network for block level I/O.

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In computing, a storage area network is a network designed to attach computer storage devices such as disk array controllers and tape libraries

Tape library

In computer storage [i], a tape library is a storage device which contains one or more tape drive [i]s, ...

to servers. As of 2006, SANs are most commonly found in enterprise storage.
A SAN allows a machine to connect to remote targets such as disks

Hard disk

A hard disk drive is a digitally encoded non-volatile storage [i] device which stores data on the magnetic [i] ...

and tape drive

Tape drive

A tape drive, also known as a streamer, is a data storage device [i] that reads ...

s on a network for block level I/O.