Category: Storage

AFA (All Flash Storage ) Battle Field http://www.ericcsinger.com/review-2-5-years-with-nimble-storage/?replytocom=2#respond Controller Replacement Hot vs Cold Data SSD will be the only type of disk – This is a myth perpetuated by the All Storage guys and also NetApp. This is just a oppunion, has it happend yet, of couse not, so if you are a buyer that… Continue reading AFA (All Flash Storage ) Battle Field

EMC Storage Performacne Fundamenals Student Guide2

Storage Platform Questions Auto Tiering & HyperScale Selling the Power of EMCII Portfolio attach Example IO breakdown (estimates): MS SQL (50% of our total IO) 75% OLTP 25% OLAP MS Exchange (30% of total IO) Generic servers (15% of total IO) VDI (5% of total IO) Capacity consuming apps: SQL (40TB after compression) File server… Continue reading Storage Platform Questions

Windows VSS and Snapshot Demonstration [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I9N44971J-U] Application Issues with CIFS http://samba.org/~tridge/ctdb_movies/ CLI Commandsh Root Commands Policy The following example policy can be used to configure a RULE for new and existing files. [sourcecode language=”sql”] RULE ‘migdatfile’ MIGRATE FROM POOL ‘system’ to pool ‘sata’ WHERE UPPER(name) like ‘%.DAT’ RULE ‘datfiles’ set POOL ‘sata’ WHERE UPPER(name) like… Continue reading IBM SONAS Course Notes

SAN/Storage Health Check Performance analysis is very much an art (not a science) and it’s sometimes difficult to pinpoint exact causes based on the mix of applications and workload on the array. It takes extensive amounts of experience and research to solve these bottlenecks. Hardware One laptop with the SAN Monitoring & Analysis Software SAN… Continue reading SAN/Storage Health Check

Procedure to Implement IBM SVC Componets; Host: Windows Server Multi – pathing Software: IBM SDD, EMC PowerPath Volume Manager Software: Veritas Storage Foundation for Windows HBA Driver: Application: Veritas Cluster HBA Card: SAN Switch: Switch Fabric: IBM SVC: IBM SSPC: Host Zone: IO Groups: VDisks: Data Controller: Storage Device: FlashCopy: Reference Links : IBM SVC Product Information… Continue reading Implementing IBM SVC

Setup RSA Monitoring Setup DS Storage Monitoring http://www.x4live.com/IBM-Director-with-IBM-DS-series.html IBM Electronic Service ibm.com/support/electronic Using the IBM Electronic Service website you can https://www-930.ibm.com/support/esc/home.jsp 1. Allocate Inventory data to your ID 2. Open a Service request. 3. Configure the IBM Electronic Service Agent to automaticaly log service tickets. (Either as a Standalone agent or via IBM Director server)… Continue reading IBM Systems Director

Found this discussion informative, http://joergsstorageblog.blogspot.com/2009/01/ibm-xiv-could-be-hazardous-to-your.html http://joergsstorageblog.blogspot.com/2009/01/wide-striping-is-two-edged-sword.html http://joergsstorageblog.blogspot.com/2009/01/wide-striping-is-two-edged-sword.html It always too go understand what the competitors are saying to understand the technology better

SONAS E-Learning Video : –http://www-03.ibm.com/systems/data/flash/storage/network/sonas/index.html Announc ement Brief: IBM SONAS Enterprise NAS – http://wikibon.org/wiki/v/Announcement_Brief:_IBM_SONAS_Enterprise_NAS https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/mydeveloperworks/blogs/InsideSystemStorage/entry/ibm_sonas_guest_post_from_john_sing7?lang=en