o Direct-Attached Storage (DAS) …………………………. 14 o Network-Attached Storage (NAS) ………………………. 16 o Storage Area Network (SAN) …………………………… 21 o Comparing Solutions ……………………………………. 24
• I/O Interfaces ……………………………………………………… 29
o Overview ………………………………………………….. 30 o Serial ATA ………………………………………………… 34 o Serial Attached SCSI ……………………………………. 36 o Interface Comparisons ………………………………….. 46
• RAID and Subsystem Architectures ……………………………. 53
o Subsystem Architectures ………………………………… 54 o RAID Configurations ……………………………………… 59 o Configuring Logical Units ………………………………… 75 o Assigning Hosts to Storage ……………………………… 79