21-02-2009, 10:45 PM
Can Storage Area Networks (SANs) be simple to install and use for
the small and medium-sized business? Is it possible to provide basic
storage resource management functions for administrators to use without
having to purchase an expensive management application?
With the new storage management functions included with Microsoft®
Windows Server„¢ 2003 R2 and the work done by various storage
vendors, the goal of achieving a Simple SAN has been met,
including the use of fibre channel and iSCSI storage technologies. This
paper describes the goals and accomplishments of the Simple SAN program
including actual deployment steps taken by Demartek to install and use
a simple SAN. This paper also describes the use of basic storage
resource management functions provided by Windows Server„¢ 2003 R2
including quota management and storage resource utilization.
This paper is divided into the following sections:
¢ Management Perspective on Fibre Channel and iSCSI SANs
¢ Simple SAN
¢ Installation on one server
¢ Using Storage Manager for SANs across multiple servers
¢ Storage Resource Management
