Storage Management Strategies for the CIO
- Christopher Poelker is the vice president of enterprise solutions at Falconstor Software. Prior to working at Falconstor he was a storage architect at Hitachi Data Systems. Also, Chris has worked as a lead storage architect/senior systems architect for Compaq Computer, Inc., in New York. While at Compaq, Chris built the sales/service engagement model for Compaq StorageWorks, and trained most of the company's VAR's, Channel's and Compaq ES/PS contacts on StorageWorks. Chris' certifications include: MCSE, MCT (Microsoft Trainer), MASE (Compaq Master ASE Storage Architect), and A+ certified (PC Technician).
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Contributions from Christopher Poelker
- How to assign LUNs in a SAN
- How to decide between Fibre and iSCSI
- How WWNs are associated with LUNs
- Servers and SANs, how they work
- How do I know if I'm ready for a SAN?
- Does each server require a separate OS?
- Is SAN implementation more expensive than NAS?
- What will it be, iSCSI or iFCP?
- Serverless backup isn't the only solution for a SAN
- iFCP networking best practices
- Name servers in a multi-switch SAN fabric
- A good strategy for disaster recovery
- Is it possible to SAN boot using an iSCSI adapter?
- How to convert an EMC SAN to an HDS SAN
- Increasing uptime in the data center with a SAN
- Creating an iSCSI SAN using only Ethernet switches
- Configuring for faster read/write performance
- Drives with higher MTBF specs tend to last longer
- How can I set up persistent binding?
- What is write order fidelity?