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Oct 25, 2021 · Storage area network (SAN) functionality enables a computer to mount disks and other storage devices automatically from other computers. By configuring the SAN policy on a Windows Preinstallation Environment (Windows PE) image, you can control whether or not disks are automatically mounted and which disks can be mounted.
A storage area network ( SAN) or storage network is a computer network which provides access to consolidated, block-level data storage. SANs are primarily used to access data storage devices, such as disk arrays and tape libraries from servers so that the devices appear to the operating system as direct-attached storage.
Microsoft supports booting from a Storage Area Network (SAN) if the SAN vendor supports their particular hardware platform booting a Windows server. The SAN and host bus adapter (HBA) must be configured according to the SAN vendor's guidelines and the SAN vendor must act as the main point of contact for boot-related issues.
Dec 13, 2022 · Microsoft’s upcoming cloud-hosted storage area network, Azure Elastic SAN, could solve this issue and help make a business’s last few on-premises applications cloud-ready.
