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NAS VS SAN

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FarahRegal

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WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN SAN AND NAS ?

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SAN runs using the Fibre Channel Protocol and is used with a Fibre Channel switch, Fibre Channel Host Bus Adapters and uses the SCSI-3 protocol layer.

NAS is network attached storage used with your network.
 
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Thanks Comtec17

Any artciles or resources where I can get more details ??

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