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title: "SAN"
url: https://postproduction.studio/en/glossary/san
language: en
description: "Storage Area Network — block-level shared storage over Fibre Channel or iSCSI. Higher throughput than NAS, used in large post houses for collaborative e..."
updated: 2026-10-25
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# SAN

Storage Area Network — block-level shared storage over Fibre Channel or iSCSI. Higher throughput than NAS, used in large post houses for collaborative editing/grading on 4K+ media.

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## Related terms

[NAS](https://postproduction.studio/en/glossary/nas)[RAID 5/6/10](https://postproduction.studio/en/glossary/raid)[10GbE](https://postproduction.studio/en/glossary/10gbe)

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