Imperatives, Inc.

Storage area networks (SANs) are sometimes referred to as network behind the servers, and historically developed out of a centralized data storage model, but with its own data network.

 

A SAN is, at its simplest, a dedicated network for data storage. In addition to storing data, SANs allow for the automatic backup of data, and the monitoring of the storage as well as the backup process. A SAN is a combination of hardware and software