What Is Enterprise Storage?
SearchStorage, Wednesday, April 3rd, 2024
Enterprise storage is a centralized repository for business information that provides common data management, protection and sharing functions through connections to computer systems.
Because enterprises deal with heavy workloads of business-critical information, enterprise storage systems should be scalable for workloads of hundreds of terabytes or even petabytes without relying on excessive cabling or the creation of subsystems. Other important aspects of an enterprise storage system are unlimited connectivity and support for multiple platforms.
Approaches to enterprise storage
A storage area network (SAN) is a dedicated high-performance network or subnetwork dedicated to storage that is independent of an organization's common user network. It interconnects pools of disk or solid-state storage and shares it to multiple servers so each one can access data as if it were directly attached.