Rather than store data on internal disks, servers forward files onto SAN, where network devices such as directors or multiplexers, optimized to handle storage tasks, direct files to appropriate storage device.

• 服务器不是把数据存储在内部的磁盘上，而把文件转发给存储区域网，诸如定向器和多路转换器等网络设备优化存储任务的处理，把文件送到合适的存储设备上。