Storage Area Network

基本解释

Discuss the advantages of a storage area network (SAN) over traditional server storage with the server staff.
与服务器人员讨论存储区域网络 (SAN) 相对于传统服务器存储的优点。
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.
假设位于一个存储区域网络 (SAN) 存储阵列上的数据库在每次对它运行某个查询时具有糟糕的性能。
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).
可以用光纤、铜缆或结合使用二者，直接把存储器连接到集群，或者通过存储区域网络（SAN）交换机连接（请参阅图 1）。

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网络存储
Now the two most popular ones are NAS (Network Attached Storage) and SAN (Storage Area Network).
目前流行的网络存储技术是NAS和SAN。
存储区域网
储存器区域网路