Microsoft KB Archive/908956

= Support information about defining the local address of a SharePoint Portal Server 2003 or SharePoint Server 2007 content index to be on a System Area Network device =

Article ID: 908956

Article Last Modified on 3/21/2007

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007
 * Microsoft Office SharePoint Portal Server 2003

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INTRODUCTION
This article contains support information about defining the local address of a Microsoft Office SharePoint Portal Server 2003 or Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 content index to be on a System Area Network (SAN) device. This configuration is a supported configuration.



MORE INFORMATION
Microsoft has verified that defining the local address of a SharePoint Portal Server 2003 or SharePoint Server 2007 content index to be on a System Area Network (SAN) device is a supported configuration. SharePoint Portal Server 2003 and SharePoint Server 2007 function the same whether the indexes are on a physical drive or on a SAN device. Storing the indexes on a SAN drive provides the same level of reliability as using the SAN drive itself.

Microsoft does not support storing the SharePoint Portal Server 2003 or SharePoint Server 2007 indexes on a network-attached storage device.

