Storage Tech Tips

The purpose of this page is to hold topics relevant to storage technology.

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Storage Resources on BigAdmin

Storage Resource Collection

BigAdmin Storage Collection (includes community submissions)

Using Sun Storage 7000 Unified Storage Systems

See Using Sun Storage 7000 Unified Storage Systems page.

Using Sun Gear With Zmanda Software

• Using ZFS Snapshots With Zmanda Recovery Manager for MySQL on OpenSolaris 2008.11 OS
• Using Amanda Enterprise on Sun Fire X4500 Server With ZFS
• Sun Storage J4400 Array as Disk Storage for Zmanda Recovery Manager for MySQL Database, (April 2009)
• Sun Storage J4400 Array as Disk Storage for Zmanda's Amanda Enterprise 2.6 Software
• Using Sun Fire X4540 Server With Zmanda Recovery Manager 2.2 for MySQL Database
• Sun Fire X4540 Server as Backup Server for Zmanda's Amanda Enterprise 2.6 Software

Using Sun Storage Systems With Microsoft Exchange

• Sun Storage J4400 Arrays as 6000-Mailbox Solution for Microsoft Exchange 2007 With CCR
• Sun Storage J4000 Arrays as 3000-Mailbox Solution for Microsoft Exchange 2007 With LCR
• Sun StorageTek 2530 Array Storage Solution for 4000 Mailboxes in Microsoft Exchange 2007
• Sun Fire X4150 Server 1RU Storage Solution for 1000 Mailboxes in Microsoft Exchange 2007
• Sun StorageTek 6140 Array Storage Solution for 6000 Mailboxes in Microsoft Exchange 2007
• Sun StorageTek 6540 Array Storage Solution for 20,000 Mailboxes in Microsoft Exchange 2007
• Sun StorageTek 5320 NAS Appliance Storage Solution for 1200 Mailboxes in Microsoft Exchange 2007
• Sun StorageTek 5320 NAS Appliance Storage Solution for 3000 Mailboxes in Microsoft Exchange 2007

Other Guides for Sun Storage Systems

• Updated Sept. 30, 2008: Sun Storage J4400 Array as Disk Storage for Symantec Veritas NetBackup
• Updated Sept. 30, 2008: Sun Storage J4400 Array as Disk Storage for Sun StorageTek Enterprise Backup Software 7.4
• Symantec Enterprise Vault Integration With the Sun StorageTek 5320 NAS Appliance
• Symantec Enterprise Vault Integration With the Sun StorageTek 5320 NAS Appliance (Sept. 2007)
• Case Study: Phone Call Surveillance With CopperEye Greenwich on Sun Fire X4540 Server
• Sun Fire X4500 Server as Storage Node for Sun StorageTek Enterprise Backup Software 7.4
• Sun Fire X4500 as a Media Server for Symantec Veritas NetBackup 6.5
• Configuring the Sun Fire X4500 Server as Network Attached Archival Storage for Symantec Enterprise Vault
• Configuring the Sun Fire X4500 Server as Network Attached Archival Storage for Symantec Enterprise Vault (January 2008)
• Antivirus Protection for the Sun StorageTek 5000 NAS Appliance (Sept. 2007)

Other Storage Resources

• A Technical Overview of the Sun Oracle Exadata Storage Server and Database Machine (pdf)
• Video or podcast: ZFS Boot in Solaris 10 10/08 OS
• Storage Networking Dictionary (link from Paul Kasper's blog)
• Sun BluePrints articles (registration required):
  • For Sun BluePrints articles on Sun Storage 7000 Unified Storage Systems, see Using Sun Storage 7000 Unified Storage Systems page
  • Accelerating Databases with the Sun Storage F5100 Flash Array
  • Open Network Systems for Internet Infrastructure, MySQL Edition
  • Configuring Systems for High Bandwidth I/O
  • Solving the HPC IO Bottleneck: Sun Lustre Storage System
  • Deploying Hybrid Storage Pools With Flash Technology and the Solaris ZFS File System
  • Optimizing MySQL Server on Sun x64 Servers and Storage
  • Provisioning with iSCSI and Solaris ZFS in 10 Minutes
  • Using RAID 6 for Increased Reliability and Performance
• Storage Admin Wiki
• SDN Open Storage Developers web site
• Sun Open Storage web site
• Storage Stop Blog
• Community tech tips:
  • Testing data consistency during Mutipathing switchover
  • Disaster Recovery in Veritas Volume Manager 4.x

Sun Open Storage Videos

Open Storage combines open source software with industry standard hardware to change the way the data is stored, accessed, and managed. Here are links to videos that describe Open Storage initiatives:

• Building an Open Storage Community (approx. 9 minutes): Learn more about the growth of the OpenSolaris Storage Community, current projects, community news, and how to participate. For more information about Open Storage projects, see the OpenSolaris Storage Community web page and the OpenSolaris Storage Administrators web page.

• Solaris Talks Windows With CIFS (approx. 8 minutes): Why use Common Internet File System (CIFS) when there's Samba? Learn how CIFS is being integrated with OpenSolaris to take advantage of Solaris features, such as ZFS. More about the OpenSolaris CIFS Service project

• It's Time for Intelligent Software (approx. 8 minutes): Find out about the future of file systems and intelligent storage and how object-based storage scales better. More: Storage With Smarts

• QFS File Sharing (approx. 7 minutes): Learn about the Solaris Quick File System (QFS), a global, shared file system for data-intensive environments, such as wire-speed, streaming I/O and transactional database random I/O. More: Sun StorageTek QFS Software

• Sun Makes Archiving Easy with SAM (approx. 7 minutes): What's the difference between backup and storage archiving, and why do you need both? More: Sun StorageTek Storage Archive Manager

• More storage videos, podcasts, virtual tours, and info

Videos and Postcasts From Sun Storage Software Group (2007-Spring 2008)

• An Introduction to Developing in OpenSolaris (approx. 31 minutes, Feb. 20, 2008): Charles Baker gives an introduction to developing in OpenSolaris to the Front Range Solaris User Group

• eDiscovery and the Electronic Data Universe (approx. 11 minutes, Feb. 26, 2008): Attorney Steven W. Teppler presents at SNIA's Storage Security Industry Forum Summit on the rules of electronic discovery and other factors that the storage industry needs to consider in designing systems to store data that will stand up in a court of law

• Filebench - Performance Measurement and Analysis (approx. 55 minutes): Spencer Shepler speaking at the SNIA Storage Developers' Conference (Sept. 2007) on Filebench

• Open Source in the Storage Industry (approx. 28 minutes): Larry Rosen of Rosenlaw & Einschlag speaks at the SNIA Storage Developers' Conference (Sept. 2007) on open source in the storage industry

• OpenSolaris as a Storage Platform (approx. 11 minutes): Jeff Cheeney speaks at a Usenix FAST Birds of a Feather session (Feb. 2008) on OpenSolaris as a storage platform

• The New and Improved Filebench (approx. 5 minutes): Sun Senior Software Engineer Drew Wilson speaks at Usenix FAST (Feb. 2008) on the new and improved Filebench

• Fibre Channel Concepts (approx. 1 hour 17 minutes, April 2, 2008): A Sun training session on Fibre Channel concepts by Sumit Gupta

• MPxIO, a Multipathing Solution (approx. 2 hours 15 minutes): An in-depth transfer of information by Chris Horne about MPxIO for devices accessible through multiple host controller interfaces

• Storage Stop Is Now a Podcast: (March 26, 2008) Info on how you can download Storage Stop videos to watch on your computer, iPhone, or video iPod, direct from iTunes

Recent Videos and Other News From Storage Stop

Storage Stop (News on Sun Solaris Storage Software)
Lots and Lots of Storage Video
Video: The Ultimate ZFS Tutorial
Video Replays of the Open Storage Summit
How QFS Wins the Battle Against Global Warming
QFS Shared File Services for Scale and Cache Coherency
Business Continuity with Solaris Cluster Geographic Edition 3.2 1/09
Video: Understanding the ZFS Technology
Victor Walker on Open Storage Soloutions
QFS File System Types
Video: Open Storage for HPC
Video: Intelligent Storage
COMSTAR Update 6
Why Amber Road Rocks: Sun Storage 7000
Video Recap
Storage News: Dec 10, 2008 - OpenSolaris 2008.11 and Other Special Deliveries
Andy Bechtolsheim on Open Storage Townhall
Examining ZFS On-Disk Format Using mdb and zdb: Max Bruning
Open Storage Community Discussion
ZFS Boot in Solaris 10 Update 6
Flash Performance in Storage Systems
The Solid State Storage Revolution
The Open Storage Summit Party
Interview with Evan Powell, CEO of Nexenta
Interview with Paddy Sreenivasan, VP of Engineering, Zmanda
Native OpenSolaris CIFS Service: Alan Wright Speaking at SNIA SDC 2008
Sun Open Storage: Mike Shapiro Speaking at the Open Storage Summit
Video: The Ultimate ZFS Tutorial - Part 3
Video: The Ultimate ZFS Tutorial - Part 2
All About COMSTAR: Animated Intro and Other Video Goodness
SNIA SDC Video: Food Fight!