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<h2 id="see-also">See also</h2> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Storage_area_network/e7bmhrmB">Storage area network</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Virtual_Interface_Adapter/1jEs7m9D">Virtual Interface Adapter</a></li></ul> <h2 id="references">References</h2> <ol> <li id="fn:1"><p>"System Area Networks (SAN)". Microsoft. 2003. Retrieved 2009-10-08. <a href="http://www.microsoft.com/whdc/archive/san.mspx" target="_blank">http://www.microsoft.com/whdc/archive/san.mspx</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:2"><p>"Description of System Area Networks". Microsoft. 2007. Retrieved 2009-10-08. <a href="http://support.microsoft.com/kb/260176" target="_blank">http://support.microsoft.com/kb/260176</a> <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:3"><p>"Differences Between a System Area Network and a Storage Area Network". Microsoft. Retrieved 2011-03-24. Windows 2000 includes two technologies that use the same acronym, System Area Network (SAN) and Storage Area Network (SAN). This article provides a description of these two technologies, including their differences. <a href="http://support.microsoft.com/kb/264135/en-us" target="_blank">http://support.microsoft.com/kb/264135/en-us</a> <a href="#fnref:3" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> </ol>