Question

When a large number of disks are connected by a high speed network to a number of server computers, it is known as ________ architecture

(a) Storage area network

(b) High performance network

(c) Multiple disk network

(d) Local area network

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Answer 1

The correct answer is (a) Storage area network

Easiest explanation: When a large number of disks are connected by a high speed network to a number of server computers, it is known as Storage Area Network (SAN) architecture. These disks are usually arranged by a local organization technique called RAID.