Storage Area Network

Solution Description

A storage area network, also known as a SAN, is a dedicated high-speed Fibre Channel network for interconnecting storage and server systems. In a nutshell, SANs are used for moving data between your servers and the various storage devices those servers need. This includes storing and retrieving your data from disk or tape storage devices.

SANs help to create a shared pool of storage devices. The network is used to move data between various storage devices, allows for data sharing between different servers and provides a faster medium for backing up and restoring data.

Value Proposition and Benefits

Availability

SANs that can provide a “no single point of failure” solution for storage

Scalability

Virtually unlimited scalability and achieve “pay as you grow” easily

Performance

Applications with different performance needs can be mixed together

Flexibility

Heterogeneous platforms and solutions can share the same storage pool

Manageability

Infrastructure centralized storage area management

Business Continuity

High-performance and low cost business continuity solutions that can be implemented by a Fibre Channel SAN
and IP SAN, respectively

Solution Diagram

Solution Offers

• Hitachi storage systems
• Storage management utility
• SAN switches depending on number of host connections
• Host bus adapter (HBA) cards depending on number of host connections
• Effective storage infrastructure design and implementation
• Knowledge transfer to enable customers to successfully manage their Hitachi storage infrastructure