Re: Windows 2003 R2 - Storage Management Costs
- From: "Jabez Gan [MVP]" <mingteikg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 6 Feb 2006 08:40:41 +0800
The new Storage Manager for SANs (SMfS), introduced in Windows Server 2003
R2, offers IT administrators basic SAN functionality without requiring the
specialized consulting services typically needed for successful deployment
and trouble-free maintenance of SANs. By leveraging VDS as the storage
management layer, it makes it easy for administrators to provision SANs even
in multivendor environments. With SMfS, the following tasks can be all
executed from the host:
. Device discovery
. Storage provisioning, including creation, extension, and deletion of
logical unit numbers (LUNs)
. Allocation of storage resources to servers on the SAN
. Management of Microsoft Multipath I/O (MPIO) functionality
I suggest that you download a trial of R2 and test out the SAN features
introduced in R2.
--
Jabez Gan [MVP]
Microsoft MVP: Windows Server
http://www.blizhosting.com
MSBLOG: http://msblog.resdev.net
<zerbie45@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:1139179212.440874.105490@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
I read Windows 2003 brings, along other features, also some new tools
for san management. We use bladecenters with Hitachi SAN. How will I
gain any benefits ? I haven't been able to find out exactly what these
san related features are about.
Thanks in advance.
.
- References:
- Windows 2003 R2 - Storage Management Costs
- From: zerbie45
- Windows 2003 R2 - Storage Management Costs
- Prev by Date: Windows 2003 R2 - Storage Management Costs
- Next by Date: Does anyone know if it is safe to run Disk Defragmenter through RDP?
- Previous by thread: Windows 2003 R2 - Storage Management Costs
- Next by thread: Does anyone know if it is safe to run Disk Defragmenter through RDP?
- Index(es):
Relevant Pages
|
