Storage Area Networks (SANs) 101

When I was a database administrator, I saw the SAN as a fancy, expensive black box. Well, it is, but in this podcast I give you some insights into that black box, tell you what kinds of things to ask about when moving your databases into that box, and how to refocus your SAN concerns from raid levels towards more basic things like response times.

Links from the presentation include:

Linchi Shea's blog on SQL Server and storage:
http://sqlblog.com/blogs/linchi_shea/

Scott Lowe's blog on storage and virtualization:
http://blog.scottlowe.org/

Stephen Foskett's blog on storage:
http://blog.fosketts.net/
You can view this video in higher quality or your favorite portable formats at:

http://sqlserverpedia.com/blog/podcasts/storage-area-networks-sans-101/

Category:

Science & Technology

Tags:

• SQL Server
• Storage Area Networks
• SAN
• SANs
• Brent Ozar
• Quest Software
• SQLServerPedia

[dallasstorage]

Can be stressful, so you need storage

[awilkins111111111111]

Audio sync is a bit off, but thats to be expected for older vids :o either way its a great crash course for SAN. gj wherever you may be, OP.

[suryadeb1]

great presentation ....Helps me lot.

[kbijoypaul]

Nice. Thansk for your efforts. Just wanted to mention that HP Eva is not Enterprise class (HP XP is )

[Rhiaanon]

Thank you!

[whenkey4you]

nice... can include how fc and iscsi works

[StephenBlueHU]

Clear and informative. Thanks a lot.

[thoostorm4]

@tedtdu turn ye comp off dumphuk

[MRDubya79]

@CommonSense2008

SANs and Storage are both massive and very complex subjects in their own right, not easily explained in a YouTubes comments response.

SNIA would be a good place for you to start if you're interested in learning more.

[commonsense2008]

So far I haven't been able to understand the SAN's =) For intance:

1. how does one communicate ? what protocol?

2. How to assign storage space to a user?

anyone?