Green Storage – Performance based consolidations With everyone talking about becoming “green” in the realm of data center technology, how does one actually achieve this in regard to storage? Factoring performance into the green strategy is necessary to ensure an efficient storage footprint without increasing risk or jeopardizing business application latency. This webinar, presented by… Read More »
Symcli Commands You may find useful the Symcli Script maker utilities listed below the menu bar, to create the symcli scripts for various operations like Mapping, Masking, Meta Creation, etc. in EMC Symmetrix boxes. symcfg symcfg list : A brief description of the all connected Symmetrix boxes. symcfg -sid 1234 list -lockn all : Lists… Read More »
What is RAID? RAID (redundant array of independent disks; originally redundant array of inexpensive disks) is a way of storing the same data in different places (thus, redundantly) on multiple hard disks. By placing data on multiple disks, I/O (input/output) operations can overlap in a balanced way, improving performance. Since multiple disks increases the mean… Read More »
SAN performance baseline To understand SAN performance, and to understand what is normal (or abnormal) SAN behavior, you must have a picture or baseline to compare against. How much detail on SAN performance you need will also determine which SAN performance baseline tools you use. You should establish a baseline of what is normal or… Read More »
Interscape Blogging Code of Conduct INTERSCAPE blogs are written by a variety of employees at different levels and positions in the company, so you can expect many viewpoints. You can also expect the following: We will strive to have open and honest dialogues with our readers. We will correct inaccurate or misleading postings in a… Read More »