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The implementation of a Storage Area Network provides the maximum investment protection for a customer as future products, both servers and storage, can be non-disruptively added to the SAN at very little incremental cost, says Rick Sewell of Compaq Asia Pacific.
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Managing data storage is just as much of a task (or greater) as managing the servers themselves. It makes sense to centralise management in larger organisations wherever possible. Enter the storage area network (SAN).
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