GOVT.

POLYTECHNIC COLLEGE
PUNALUR

DEPARTMENT OF COMPUTER ENGINEERING

SEMINAR REPORT
ON
Storage Area Network

Submitted By,
ABHIJITH AJAYAN
(Reg.No:20130918)

UNDER THE GUIDANCE OF

Ms. JESEENA A
(Lecturer in Computer Engineering)

Department of Computer Engineering

Govt. Polytechnic College, Punlur, Pin: 691305 E-mail: gptcplr@gmail.com

GOVT. POLYTECHNIC COLLEGE
 PUNALUR

CERTIFICATE

Certificate that this is a bonafide report of the SEMINAR REPORT on Storage Area
Network prepared and presented by ABHIJITH AJAYAN of the sixth semester Diploma in
Computer Engineering in partial fulfillment for the award of the Diploma in Computer
Engineering during the academic year 2022-2023 from the board of Technical Education,
Kerala.

Staff-in-Charge Head of the Department

Internal Examiner External Examiner

PLACE : PUNALUR

DATE : __/__/____

DECLARATION
I declare the seminar on " Storage Area Network "is the result of original work done by me
and my best of my knowledge, a similar work has not been submitted to the Govt. Polytechnic
College Punalur, for fulfilment of the requirement of a course of study.
The SEMINAR report is submitted on partial fulfilment of the requirement for the diploma in
Computer Engineering.
 ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

I with my at most courteousness and gratitude submit by implacable praises to the Omnipotent
Almighty for having bestowed his grace and blessing over me to accomplish this task of
Seminar dissertation.
My sincere and special thanks to Ms. JESEENA A, Lecturer in Computer
Engineering for guiding me in every aspect of this project. Also I would like to extend my
thankful heart to Dr. SAJU SANKAR S, Principal of the Govt. Polytechnic College, Punalur
and Mr. HAMEEM MUHAMMAD, HOD of Computer Engineering.
Last but not least I would like to thank all other teachers of our department and all
our friends for their valuable advice, inspiration and whole hearted support.
 ABSTRACT
A storage area network (SAN) is defined as a set of interconnected devices (for example, disks
and tapes) and servers that are connected to a common communication and data transfer
infrastructure such as Fibre Channel. The common communication and data transfer mechanism
for a given deployment is commonly known as the storage fabric.

The purpose of the SAN is to allow multiple servers access to a pool of storage in which any
server can potentially access any storage unit. Clearly in this environment, management plays a
large role in providing security guarantees (who is authorized to access which devices) and
sequencing or serialization guarantees (who can access which devices at what point in time).

SANs evolved to address the increasingly difficult job of managing storage at a time when the
storage usage is growing explosively. With devices locally attached to a given server or in the
server enclosure itself, performing day-to-day management tasks becomes extremely complex;
backing up the data in the datacenter requires complex procedures as the data is distributed
amongst the nodes and is accessible only through the server it is attached to.
 CONTENTS

1. Introduction 1

2. Infrastructure Simplification 4

3. Using The SAN Components 5

4. Classes of Service 17

5. Management Principles 23

6. Data Sharing 27

7. Consolidation 30

8. Conclusion 36

9. References 37