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Dell PowerVault 775N (Rackmount NAS Appliance) User Manual

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A SAN-attached cluster is a cluster configuration where all cluster nodes are attached to a single storage system or to

multiple storage systems through a SAN using a redundant switch fabric. SAN-attached cluster configurations provide more

flexibility, expandability, and performance than direct-attached configurations.

See "

Fibre Channel Switch Fabric

" for more information on Fibre Channel switch fabrics.

Figure 5-1

shows an example of a SAN-attached cluster. Figure 5-2 shows an example of an eight-node, SAN-attached

cluster.

Figure 5-1. SAN-Attached Cluster

Figure 5-2. SAN-Attached Cluster Running Windows Storage Server 2003, Enterprise Edition