Sun Microsystems 3510 manual Iv Sun StorEdge 3000 Family Best Practices Manual October

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High-Availability DAS Tips and Techniques			16
High-Availability DAS Setup Details		17
Full-Fabric SAN Configurations	19
Full-Fabric SAN Tips and Techniques		20
Full-Fabric SAN Setup Details	20
High-Performance SAN Configurations		23
High-Performance SAN Tips and Techniques			24
High-Performance SAN Setup Details		24
Summary 26

iv Sun StorEdge 3000 Family Best Practices Manual • October 2003

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Contents Sun StorEdge 3000 Family Best Practices Manual Please Recycle Contents Iv Sun StorEdge 3000 Family Best Practices Manual October Best Practices for the Sun StorEdge 3510 FC Array OverviewIntroduction DAS and SAN Storage ArchitecturesFibre Channel Architecture Fibre Channel ProtocolsSupported RAID Levels Logical DrivesCache Optimization Array Management Tools Saving and Restoring Configuration Information Direct-Attached StorageTwo DAS Configurations Storage Area NetworkingScaling Capacity First Steps Increasing CapacityGeneral Configuration Considerations Non-Redundant DAS Configurations Single Server Dual Servers Quad ServersConfiguration Overview for Non-Redundant DAS Non-Redundant DAS Tips and TechniquesNon-Redundant DAS Setup Details High-Availability DAS Configurations Single Server Dual Servers Quad ServersConfiguration Overview for High Availability DAS High-Availability DAS Tips and TechniquesHigh-Availability DAS Setup Details Sun StorEdge 3000 Family Best Practices Manual October Full-Fabric SAN Configurations Full-Fabric SAN Setup Details Full-Fabric SAN Tips and TechniquesSwitch General procedure for creating this configuration follows High-Performance SAN Configurations High-Performance SAN Setup Details High-Performance SAN Tips and TechniquesServer Switch Summary