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Perplexed by the word Storage Area Network (SAN) or just don't know how to implement a SAN in your company ? Here's a great guide from HP that tries to make that process clearer.You might also want to check out the new HP StorageWorks portfolio that would help customers consolidate their storage environments.

Digital information is a critical component of business today. It not only continuously grows in volume, but many businesses require that it is available around the clock. Inability to access your information—even to perform a system backup—is no longer an option. Add a shrinking IT budget to these realities, and you're presented with a real challenge. How do you provide efficient storage, management, and availability of your data? The solution can be found in a highly flexible, intelligent, and easy-to-manage storage solution that is also cost-effective: the SAN (Storage Area Network).

As an IT manager, you are faced with critical choices. Do you restrict the type and quantity of information each user is allowed to store and access, potentially limiting their capability to perform their daily activities? Or, do you continue to invest in individual disk drive after disk drive that you connect exclusively to a single server in a Direct Attached Storage (DAS) model that drains man-hours with management and monitoring requirements?

See the SAN Storage Setup Guide by HP
http://www.hp.com/sbso/productivity/howto/san/index.html