Storage Area Networks (SAN)
SAN solutions scale up to help you move more data, while also supporting virtualization, hybrid cloud and big data requirements
Meet your SAN needs
SAN solutions range from tiered, cost-optimized storage, policy-based automation, and intelligent data management systems to full portfolios of storage networking solutions that suit your budget and infrastructure requirements.
Benefits
Smarter data center
Connect servers and storage with a high-speed and intelligent network fabric.
Modern storage network
Reliable, scalable, high-performance Fibre Channel connectivity for SAN environments.
Affordable scalability
The IBM® SAN family includes solutions for every business size.
Storage area network solutions
SAN b-type enterprise switches and directors
The IBM b-type family is the modern storage network infrastructure for mission-critical storage for a self-learning, self-optimizing, and self-healing autonomous SAN.
SAN Cisco switch
The IBM c-type family complements IBM Storage with industry-leading performance, scalability, security, and network connectivity in dense form factors.
SAN technology
Leveraging transparent cloud tiering and IBM b-type networking
IBM b-type networking helps maintain the high data transfer performance required for backup and restore operations, while also protecting and securing data in flight and at rest.
Shibuya
This IT services provider meets data center networking demands through a software-defined storage environment based on IBM FlashSystem® with IBM Storage Networking SAN64B-6 switches.
Resources
The latest on storage area networking
Keep up-to-date on what’s new and exciting when it comes to SAN.
SAN support and requirements
Learn the most important SAN requirements and considerations.
Storage Networking Redbooks
Learn more about how storage networking can support virtualization, cloud and big data requirements.