Storage Management Strategies for the CIO
Storage Storage area network management-Storage Area Network:
Storage area network management-Storage Area Network
This chapter of our All-in-One Guide on storage area networks is all about management; RAID configuration, provisioning, performance capacity management and troubleshooting.
Storage area network management overview:
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Storage area network management overview
31 Mar 2008
Article - If you're new to storage area network technology, or just need to refresh the basics, this guide covers the essential concepts of configuration, provisioning, performance and capacity management, and monitoring and troubleshooting.
RAID configuration:
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How to choose the correct RAID level
Tip - This tip offers nine things to consider when deciding which RAID level is right for your organization's needs.
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Growing a RAID group by adding old drives
Ask the Expert - Storage management expert Ashley D'Costa answers a reader's question: "Can I add old RAID parts I've collected in my repair shop to my existing server?"
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Ask the Expert - Storage management expert Ashley D'Costa discusses RAID 4 vs. RAID 5.
Storage area network performance-capacity:
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Handbook: Best practices for SAN expansion
Best Practices - Best practices for SAN expansion include options for integrating SAN and NAS or iSCSI and Fibre Channel, evaluating capacity planning tools, as well as upgrading switches, disk arrays and HBAs.
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How to create a SAN performance baseline
Tip - To understand SAN performance and what is normal SAN behavior, you must have a performance baseline.
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Performance monitoring on boot from SAN
Ask the Expert - Networking expert Greg Schulz offers advice to a reader concerned with I/O rates when booting from a SAN
Storage area network monitoring-troubleshooting:
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Seven ways to protect high-value information on SANs
Tip - Controlling access to your SAN, using hard zoning and establishing a good key management can keep your data safe. Learn more about these techniques and others in this tip.
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RAID technology adds reliability and overcomes concerns
RAID Explained - RAID's evolution of storage servers and arrays is quietly influenced by the continuing advancement of hard disks and disk controlling hardware. Storage administrators must understand the changes that are taking place, and position their organizations to...
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Ask the Expert - SAN expert Greg Schulz discusses the security benefits of SAN technology.
Storage area network provisioning:
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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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Feature - As islands of SANs proliferate in companies, the cost of storage can soar. Sound SAN design strategies allow companies to reduce the number of SAN islands, strengthen a primary SAN, make storage easier to manage and provide more data protection.
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Thin provisioning, coined by 3Pardata, raises eyebrows
(presented by SearchVirtualStorage.com)
| 12 May 2006
Article - Users experience mixed results using a feature pioneered by 3Pardata called thin provisioning, a quick way to add storage capacity to an application.
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Download SAN Guide Chapter 1: Management (PDF)
Storage Learning On-The-G - You asked for it, so here it is -- a printable version of our SAN All-In-One Guide. Download Chapter 1: Management in .pdf format now.