Maximum number of LUN – Performance vs Capacity
I have seen some Storage High-End disk subsystems supporting over 60 thousands LUNs and there are some others companies offering a high-end product varying the maximum number of LUN between 2048 and 4096. Can we assume how high is the number of LUN it is better the High-End Storage product? In terms of capacity & [...]

Answer Question   |  March 31, 2012  8:00 PM
LUN, LUNs, Storage, Storage performance

Open IT Forum: What should I ask my cloud storage vendor?
Off-site storage is nothing new, but cloud storage is often seen as a different beast. What questions do you suggest companies ask their cloud storage vendor? Leave your suggestions or questions you wished you’d asked in the comments section, and we’ll share 75 Knowledge Points with you!

Answer Question   |  March 31, 2012  7:20 PM
Cloud Computing, Cloud storage, Open IT Forum, Storage management, Storage performance

Need a checklist to audit a typical SAN to record all the components
We need a checklist to audit a typical SAN to record all the components of the SAN. The aim is also to record the metrics with view to help improve performance. Can you please help?

Answer Question   |  August 30, 2009  6:55 PM
IT audit, SAN, SAN Auditing, SAN management, Storage performance

i5 storage extend
Hello, The problem I expose here is about i5 I/O put disk performance. We have an i5 system (520)with disks unite type 4328 that have 140Gb capacity, we want to extend our storage capacity, for that purpose we purchase a drawer with disk type 4327 that have 70Gb.my question is: How would that new extension [...]

Answer Question   |  November 14, 2008  10:52 AM
AS/400 performance, AS/400 storage, Hard disk performance, i5, i5/OS, IBM 520, Storage performance

Which is faster? SAN or DASD
In terms of speed/efficiency, which device type is better?

Answer Question   |  July 28, 2008  1:59 PM
DASD, SAN, Storage performance