Storage Nitty-Gritty 2 of 5 – SAN

In direct attached storage (DAS), storage is server centric and the host owns the storage. The storage is fully dedicated to the server that owns it. Storage has evolved into information centric model. In this model, when a new server is deployed in the environment, storage is assigned from the same shared storage pool to … Read moreStorage Nitty-Gritty 2 of 5 – SAN

Storage Nitty-Gritty 1 of 5 – Disk and RAID

On my trip I have been through several pre-sales discussions on storage. Therefore I’m taking this opportunities to write up a series of postings deep diving into storage technologies. In this first section, we lay out the foundation of storage technology, from physical device to RAID, focusing on the concepts. Some contents are excerpts from … Read moreStorage Nitty-Gritty 1 of 5 – Disk and RAID