SAN abreviation

Hi all,
Can anyone light the question what is the difference between System Area
Network (mentioned in SQL Server EE features) and Storage Area Network.
Or i should advice ms to change abreviation in BOL ...
System Area Network is basically a replacement to IP or NetBEUI. Consider a small network with
perhaps only two computers (your SQL Server and your web server). No need to carry the heavy IP
protocol on this, use something which is "closer to the metal". System Are Network is such, and if
you are running Enterprise Edition or Developer Edition of SQL server, you have such netlib: ViaSAN.
You probably know what Storage Area Network is already, and this is what we generally mean when we
say "SAN". If you don't know what SAN is, let us know.
Tibor Karaszi, SQL Server MVP
http://www.karaszi.com/sqlserver/default.asp
http://www.solidqualitylearning.com/
Blog: http://solidqualitylearning.com/blogs/tibor/
"Eli Milkova" <EliMilkova@.discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> Hi all,
> Can anyone light the question what is the difference between System Area
> Network (mentioned in SQL Server EE features) and Storage Area Network.
> Or i should advice ms to change abreviation in BOL ...
>
|||Thank you ...precious answer...thanks
"Tibor Karaszi" wrote:

> System Area Network is basically a replacement to IP or NetBEUI. Consider a small network with
> perhaps only two computers (your SQL Server and your web server). No need to carry the heavy IP
> protocol on this, use something which is "closer to the metal". System Are Network is such, and if
> you are running Enterprise Edition or Developer Edition of SQL server, you have such netlib: ViaSAN.
> You probably know what Storage Area Network is already, and this is what we generally mean when we
> say "SAN". If you don't know what SAN is, let us know.
> --
> Tibor Karaszi, SQL Server MVP
> http://www.karaszi.com/sqlserver/default.asp
> http://www.solidqualitylearning.com/
> Blog: http://solidqualitylearning.com/blogs/tibor/
>
> "Eli Milkova" <EliMilkova@.discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:6C6ECE6B-21D4-465F-8023-8C26C4B7E26E@.microsoft.com...
>