Storage Management Strategies for the CIO
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Storage area network management
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LUN management at the heart of SAN configuration
LUNs Explained - LUNs are the basic vehicle for delivering storage, but provisioning SAN storage isn't just a matter of creating LUNs or volumes; the SAN fabric itself must be configured so that disks and their LUNs are matched to the appropriate servers. Proper...
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Is an SMB environment too small for a SAN?
FAQ - Almost any size business can benefit from some type of SAN -- or "network storage"; whether it's NAS, iSCSI-based IP storage or FC storage...
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How to improve SAN utilization
Tip - Improve the utilization of your SAN in terms of performance, capacity and availability. These tips can be applied in principal to FC, iSCSI or InfiniBand block-based SANs, as well as NFS or CIFS file-based NAS environments.
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SAN performance: Five tips in five minutes
Tip - Answers to frequently asked questions about how to improve SAN performance.
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Which RAID configuration offers the best price-to-performance ratio?
Tip - SAN expert, Christopher Poelker addresses a reader's concerns about the way we explained the relationship between RAID price and performance in a 2003 SAN quiz.
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Limiting access to a SAN volume
Ask the Expert - This advice details how to set up multiple servers with read-only access to the same SAN volume and have a single server read-write access to the same SAN volume.
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Checklist: Zone your SAN in five steps
Tip - Learn how to develop an effective zoning plan and implement it with a minimum of hassle.
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Checklist: How to troubleshoot your LUN
Tip - LUN issues are difficult to diagnose, because they usually arise from specific features of a specific system's hardware and software.
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Heterogeneous vs. homogeneous SANs
Ask the Expert - Storage expert Greg Schulz explains the differences between heterogeneous and homogeneous SANs.