SAN in an acronym for Storage Area Network. It is can be linked the server of a remote storage device in such a way that the device appears to be attached to the user’s system locally. SANs often use the Fiber Channel fabric topology, which is an infrastructure designed to manage storage communications. It also provides quick and reliable access than other higher-level protocols. A Fiber Channel SAN fabric is made up of a various Fiber Channel switches. Almost every major SAN equipment vendor offers a Fiber Channel routing solution that brings satisfying and quantifiable benefits to the SAN architecture. This sends data across different fabrics without merging them. Despite the fall in prices, SANs are still mostly uncommon outside larger enterprises.


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