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vSphere Storage is the essential component that glues the vSphere environment together. Most of the enterprise, as well as basic features, in vSphere require some sort of storage, be it local, remote, dedicated, or shared. The larger the environment, the more complex the storage design and choices. The author's approach is two-fold. He will first demystify the “black-box” called storage in the vSphere environment. He will then provide illustrated step-by-step procedures for doing common tasks that will gradually introduce more complex tasks. Based on the vSphere 5 release.
Storage Design and Implementation in vSphere 5.0 by Mostafa Khalil Published Jan 10, 2012 by VMware Press. Part of the VMware Press series.
Table of Contents Part 1: Storage 1. Storage Types 2. Protocols and Standards 3. Storage Connectivity and Media 4. VMware Pluggable Storage Architecture (PSA) 5. 3rd party Multipathing Plug-ins 6. Storage Virtualization Devices (SVDs) 7. LUN Sizing Design Decisions and Best Practices 8. Performance Optimization Monitoring Part 2: File Systems 9. VMFS 10. NFS 11. VisorFS Part 3: Storage Virtual Appliances (SVAs) 12. Concept and Architecture 13. Design Decisions for using SVAs Part 4: Business Continuity / Disaster Recovery (BC/DR) 14. Virtual Machines and Applications Clustering 15. Metro Clusters and Stretch Clusters 16. Standby Servers (Blades) 17. Disaster Recovery Design
