Storage area networks (SAN). Computer and Network Examples

A Storage area network (SAN) is a dedicated network that provides access to data storage and operations only on the block level. SAN usually has own network of storage devices/elements and disk arrays that are connected with each other and to a remote data-sharing network. SANs are widely used for enhancing the storage devices (optical jukeboxes, disk arrays, tape libraries) that are accessible for networked servers.
This example was created in ConceptDraw DIAGRAM using the Computer and Networks Area of ConceptDraw Solution Park. It shows the hybrid of Storage area network (SAN) and Network Attached Storage (NAS) technologies.

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Hybrid Network Topology

This sample was created in ConceptDraw DIAGRAM diagramming and vector drawing software using the Computer and Networks solution from Computer and Networks area of ConceptDraw Solution Park.
This is example of the Hybrid network topology.
Network topology is the topological structure of the computer network. There are many types of the network topologies: bus, star, ring, mesh topology, but the most popular is the hybrid topology.

Star Network Topology

The Computer and Networks solution from Computer and Networks area of ConceptDraw Solution Park provides examples, templates and vector stencils library with symbols of local area network (LAN) and wireless LAN (WLAN) equipment.
Use it to draw the physical and logical network topology diagrams for wired and wireless computer communication networks.

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Storage area networks (SAN). Computer and Network Examples

The vector stencils library "AWS Storage" contains 18 Amazon Web Services storage icons: Amazon EFS icons, Amazon Glacier icons, Amazon S3 icons, AWS Snowball icons, AWS Storage Gateway icons, Amazon EBS icon, snapshot icon, volume icon.
Use it to draw Amazon Web Services architecture diagrams with ConceptDraw PRO diagramming and vector drawing software.
"AWS provides a variety of services to meet your storage needs. ...
The following are the key storage services:
Amazon S3
Scalable storage in the AWS cloud.
CloudFront
A global content delivery network (CDN).
Amazon EBS
Network attached storage volumes for your virtual servers.
Amazon Glacier
Low-cost archival storage." [docs.aws.amazon.com/ gettingstarted/ latest/ awsgsg-intro/ gsg-aws-storage-cdn.html]
The AWS icons example "Design elements - AWS Storage and Content Delivery" is included in the AWS Architecture Diagrams solution from the Computer and Networks area of ConceptDraw Solution Park.

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Storage area networks (SAN). Computer and Network Examples

"A subnetwork, or subnet, is a logically visible subdivision of an IP network. The practice of dividing a network into two or more networks is called subnetting.
All computers that belong to a subnet are addressed with a common, identical, most-significant bit-group in their IP address. This results in the logical division of an IP address into two fields, a network or routing prefix and the rest field or host identifier. The rest field is an identifier for a specific host or network interface.
The routing prefix is expressed in CIDR notation. It is written as the first address of a network, followed by a slash character (/ ), and ending with the bit-length of the prefix. ...
The IPv6 address specification 2001:db8::/ 32 is a large address block with 296 addresses, having a 32-bit routing prefix. In IPv4 the routing prefix is also specified in the form of the subnet mask, which is expressed in quad-dotted decimal representation like an address. ...
Traffic between subnetworks is exchanged or routed with special gateways called routers which constitute the logical or physical boundaries between the subnets.
The benefits of subnetting vary with each deployment scenario. In the address allocation architecture of the Internet using Classless Inter-Domain Routing (CIDR) and in large organizations, it is necessary to allocate address space efficiently. It may also enhance routing efficiency, or have advantages in network management when subnetworks are administratively controlled by different entities in a larger organization. Subnets may be arranged logically in a hierarchical architecture, partitioning an organization's network address space into a tree-like routing structure." [Subnetwork. Wikipedia]
The template "IP Subnet mask calculator" for the ConceptDraw PRO diagramming and vector drawing software is included in the Computer and Networks solution from the Computer and Networks area of ConceptDraw Solution Park.