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Q & A

1:

What is the primary function of storage virtualization?

2:

What is the similarity between a SAN virtualization system and a storage subsystem?

3:

How do volume managers and SAN virtualization systems differ in their "view" of the network?

4:

Describe the difference between concatenation and striping.

5:

What is the difference between fan-in and fan-out of a SAN virtualization system?

6:

How can high utilization of storage lead to poorer I/O performance?

7:

True or false: Storage subsystems have more predictable connection environments than volume managers or SAN virtualization controllers.

8:

Starting with the filing system and looking downstream, name the elements of the I/O software stack in a host system.

9:

If a SAN virtualization system is a single point of failure, what can be done to improve availability?



Storage Networking Fundamentals(c) An Introduction to Storage Devices, Subsystems, Applications, Management, a[... ]stems
Storage Networking Fundamentals: An Introduction to Storage Devices, Subsystems, Applications, Management, and File Systems (Vol 1)
ISBN: 1587051621
EAN: 2147483647
Year: 2006
Pages: 184
Authors: Marc Farley

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