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Planning Your Storage Architecture
There are two popular methods for connecting storage to servers.
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Direct attached storage (DAS) uses a direct connection between a server and its
storage system. The DAS solution of connecting each server to its own dedicated
storage system is straightforward, and the absence of storage switches can
minimize costs in some instances.
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A storage area network (SAN) places a Fibre Channel (FC) storage switch
between network servers and storage systems. A SAN solution shares a storage
system among multiple servers using FC storage switches, and reduces the total
number of storage systems required for a particular environment at the cost of
additional element management (FC switches) and FC path complexity.
FIGURE
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DAS and SAN Storage Architectures
Selecting the best storage architecture for a particular environment can be a
confusing exercise. In general, some environments are well-suited for DAS while
others benefit greatly from SAN.
Direct-Attached Storage (DAS)
Storage Area Network (SAN)
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