The Internet has changed information handling and escalation of digital contents in recent years, but appropriate storage technology is needed for effective management of information which is critical to businesses today. The rapid growth of digital contents requires a technology that delivers high availability, scalability, and reliability. Storage Area Network (SAN) is one promising solution providing high speed data transfer with many other storage services, backboned with a high speed Fibre Channel (FC). SAN design and implementation requires careful analysis before SAN can be used as an enterprise storage solution. This research paper discuss information growth, information handling, and various storage technologies available today, in addition to financial justifications, backup procedures, disaster management and security measures. This paper also recommends an efficient design analysis considering various factors for SAN implementations to meet the customer demands of organizations.
