TABLE 2: Typical Uses for NAS and SAN
NAS	SAN
Office application file serving	Application server data
File sharing between Office users and CAD users	Physical storage sharing for cluster configurations
Static content management for Web servers	Front-end for large-scale backup tape libraries
Consolidation of home directories for controlled and centralized backup	Redundant, high-speed disk access for large databases
Delivering rich media, such as audio or video	Hardware-based data replication