Storage Area Network

基本解释

Discuss the advantages of a storage area network (SAN) over traditional server storage with the server staff.
與服務器人員討論存儲區域網絡 (SAN) 相對於傳統服務器存儲的優點。
Suppose a database that resides on a storage area network (SAN) storage array exhibits poor performance every time a certain query is run against it.
假設位於一個存儲區域網絡 (SAN) 存儲陣列上的數據庫在每次對它運行某個查詢時具有糟糕的性能。
Connecting storage to the cluster can be direct or through a storage area network (SAN) switch, either by fiber, copper, or a mixture of the two (see Figure 1).
可以用光纖、銅纜或結郃使用二者，直接把存儲器連接到集群，或者通過存儲區域網絡（SAN）交換機連接（請蓡閲圖 1）。

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網絡存儲
Now the two most popular ones are NAS (Network Attached Storage) and SAN (Storage Area Network).
目前流行的網絡存儲技術是NAS和SAN。
存儲區域網
儲存器區域網路