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Last Updated: Dec 16, 2004 
Provisioning resources. Defining service levels. Building in redundancy. When you hear the benefits of a SAN, it's easy to overlook the management complexities that accompany it. SearchStorage.com's experts share dos and don'ts.
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Aug. 22 Webcast: Best practices for scheduling storage management processes in a SAN

(16 Aug 2002)

BuildingStorage.com author and commentator and SearchStorage.com expert Marc Farley discusses how to best schedule work and processes in a SAN. This hour-long live expert Webcast will describe scheduling data management processes, how to find out where the problems lie, and then understand how to make adjustments. Marc will touch upon the creation of a master operations schedule to maximize backup and I/O potential.

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>> Aug. 22 Webcast: Best practices for scheduling storage management processes in a SAN (SearchStorage) 16 Aug 2002
>> Webcast: High performance SAN solutions for resource management (SearchStorage) 18 Jul 2002
>> Webcast: Building high performance SAN/NAS infrastructures (SearchStorage) 18 Jul 2002
>> #2. EMC, BMC and Veritas crowned leaders in SAN management (SearchStorage) 22 Jan 2002
>> SAN management freedom (SearchStorage) 25 Feb 2002
ADVICE:
>> Sharing LUNs/disks between different operating systems
ASK THE EXPERTS :In today's SAN environment, is there any method of "sharing" LUNs/disks between differing OSs through a SAN topology?
>> The case of the disappearing devices
TIP :Hubs disappear in FC-AL SANS. Here's how to find them.
>> Storage management with Marc Farley
ASK THE EXPERTS :

1. Which tasks take the most time in managing a SAN and why?

2. Why is the area of SAN management so different ...

>> Storage management with Chris Poelker - Part I
ASK THE EXPERTS :

1. Which tasks take the most time in managing a SAN and why?

>> Storage management with Chris Poelker - Part II
ASK THE EXPERTS :

2. Why is the area of SAN management so different from other enterprise storage management functions (or is ...

>> WBEM can ease SAN management
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