1. When somebody approves of something which they think is really cool or down. In fact, 'San' is so cool itself it cannot be defined accurately. The pure essence of 'San' cannot be contained within a physical form, for it is ethereal and a part of many things.
2. It can also be used to greet a person, in place of certain trivialties as 'hello', or 'safe', for example.
3. It can be used in place of a word to, ironically show ones gratitude for it.
(The elongation of the word 'San', i.e. 'Saaaaaan' merely extends the emphasis of whichever context it is used in.)
1. Person 1: Hey I just found a £20 note on the floor.

Person 2: San!

2. Person 1: Alright man, how's it going?

Person 2: San.

3. Person 1: Hey would you like some whiskey?

Person 2: Surely you mean some san. That whiskey is pretty beasty.
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SAN
(Storage Area Network) A network of storage disks. In large enterprises, a SAN connects multiple servers to a centralized pool of disk storage. Compared to managing hundreds of servers, each with their own disks, SANs improve system administration. By treating all the company's storage as a single resource, disk maintenance and routine backups are easier to schedule and control. In some SANs, the disks themselves can copy data to other disks for backup without any processing overhead at the host computers.

High Speed
The SAN network allows data transfers between computers and disks at the same high peripheral channel speeds as when they are directly attached. Fibre Channel is a driving force with SANs and is typically used to encapsulate SCSI commands. SSA and ESCON channels are also supported.

Centralized or Distributed
A centralized SAN connects multiple servers to a collection of disks, whereas a distributed SAN typically uses one or more Fibre Channel or SCSI switches to connect nodes within buildings or campuses. For long distances, SAN traffic is transferred over ATM, SONET or dark fiber. To guarantee complete recovery in a disaster, dual, redundant SANs are deployed, one a mirror of the other and each in separate locations.

Over IP
Another SAN option is IP storage, which enables data transfer via IP over fast Gigabit Ethernet locally or via the Internet to anywhere in the world (see IP storage). See LAN free backup.

Channel Attached Vs. Network Attached
A related storage device is the network attached storage (NAS) system, which is a file server that attaches to the LAN like any other client or server in the network. Rather than containing a full-blown operating system, the NAS uses a slim microkernel specialized for handling only file reads and writes (CIFS/SMB, NFS, NCP). However, the NAS is subject to the variable behavior and overhead of a network that may contain thousands of users. See block level.

SAN by EMC , HP ,IBM etc
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(n.) also known as Sani shi or Sani ; a comforting hill for ATINY and a an enormous mountain for others. the one who is sent from above to light up your life, his smile makes you happy and His voice thrills your deepest nerve cells. You don't need to wait that much to know him cause His huge heart and kind soul is Krystal clear at the very first sight. If you ever feel trapped he will surely help you break the box that you made by your own thoughts and he will never let anyone to take you down and neither do you cause it's our promise! Wanna find your way back to home? He will surely help you take you there in the way you had never imagined! Even When he is tired you're the one who he is worried about!!he doesn't want anyone to worry about him! But who cares? His pure personality persuade you to protect him from all bad things in the world!
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A Japanese term usually referred to call someone as Mr/Ms. Especially in anime
*Anime character 1*: Hey *anime-character-2*san!
*Anime character 2*: Hey *anime-character-1* san
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i wanna BONE him(sans)
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