"Week 12 posting"

This weeks chapter on performance and troubleshooting was very in-depth. There was a lot of information dealing with proper optimization and performance with storage devices that used within the storage area network. One of the things I thought was interesting was the way IOPS (output operations per second) is used to measure storage performance. Pending on the type of drive is being used, IOPS measures the performance speed of your system to determine if the required performance is provided by a system for an application.  Synchronization and proper bandwidth gives your storage device the best chance of optimal performance.

"week 11 posting"

This weeks chapter on data different types of storage management was very detail on giving you various types of management for storage systems.  With the use of data migration, compliance, deduplication, and compression, gives you the option to format your data and store it using 3 types of storage tiers, manual storing tiering gives  you the option to collect your information on a set of drives and then manually placed them on a different type drive based on performance. Automated storage tiering, has the option to dynamically move data between different disks with the use of Serial Attached Technology (SATA), and Redundancy Array of Independent Disk (RAID). These types of are organized based on their type of speed. Deduplication and Compression are used to store data with one file copy and replaces any duplicates, this helps with the reduction of redundancy.

"Week 10 Blog posting"

This week chapter on environmental considerations when selecting a viable place for equipment that is used in a data center was very easy to understand. I like the way the sections broke down the various types storage racks and the best avenues of cooling ventilation and temperature methods to maximize the performance of equipment being used in server or data rooms. Having the right type of fire suppression system available in case of fire will result in minimal devices and equipment having to be completely destroyed, or having to replace equipment. When deciding to install rack servers, you want to make sure that the proper power is being used to handle to load on the equipment so they are not overloaded. Various UPS are available to help balance the load for each device so they all-consuming the proper voltage needed.

Week 9 Blog Posting"

I like  this weeks chapter on how storage systems can be design and provide the proper functionality for redundancy with limited downtime. Using cloud services such as Software as a service (Saas), gives you the option to surf the web thru an virtual interface without the use of client software. Platform as a service (PaaS),  uses a cloud-based with the use an operating system and database  that allows users to use applications that will support their data storage so their web site is able to fuction properly. Having the right devices and hardware such as Host bus adapters ,Network interface cards, and switches help with configuring , storing and connecting to the storage area networks.