SAN Shared Storage Option
Backup Exec SAN Shared Storage Option is a new, groundbreaking solution for manageability and performance of large-scale, high-end storage environments. This powerful LAN-free backup solution allows multiple distributed backup servers to share common, centralized storage devices connected over a switched fabric or fibre channel arbitrated loop storage area network (SAN) yielding greater performance, efficiency, and fault tolerance. The SAN Shared Storage Option load balances activity across multiple Backup Exec servers, increases performance and backup speeds, centralizes management tasks, and lowers the total cost of ownership.