Accusys ExaSAN SW16 - Manual (Page 26)

1. Introduction
User Guide Page 1-16
1.5 What Else You Need
ExaSAN software requires suitable hardware and accessories to fully take advantage of
this software. The following section covers all of the software and hardware which you
may need to purchase separately. Please inquire with your ExaSAN reseller for more
details.
Note
Accusys shall not be liable for products mistakenly purchased and/or
unsuitable use of ExaSAN items.
SAN environment
The key purpose of a SAN (Storage-Area-Network) environment is to allow sharing of
storage connected to the switch among the various clients connected to the switch to
take advantage of collaborative workflows and achieve storage purchase efficiencies
To set up and manage read/write access to the shared storage volume and keep track
of metadata of what files were written where, when, how much was written, by who,
etc, ExaSAN’s SANit SAN management software along with MDC is required to keep
order.
Please kindly see the below diagram for more detail.