Benefits of Implementing a SAN

Implementing a SAN in an enterprise by using fiber channel technology provides various benefits,

which are as follows:

1. Improves data availability and speed of data access by providing multiple data paths between the servers and storage devices in an enterprise.
2. Enables network administrators to perform fast backup and recovery operations. Fast data backup and recovery is possible because the data is transferred across a SAN at the speed of 100 MBps. In addition, SANS also enable network administrators to take back up directly from the storage disks of servers to the tape libraries.
3. Enables multiple servers to share a common set of storage devices, such as disk arrays and tapes, to improve the resource utilization of the storage devices.
4. Enables multiple servers to concurrently access the same tile from a storage device. This improves the speed at which the servers can access data hem the storage devices. 
5. Enables network administrators to add storage resources and servers to an enterprise when the storage requirement of the enterprise increases.