This IBM Redbooks publication is a detailed technical guide to the IBM TotalStorage SAN File System. SAN File System is a robust, scalable, and secure network-based file system designed to provide near-local file system performance, file aggregation, and data sharing services in an open environment.

SAN File System helps lower the cost of storage management and enhance productivity by providing centralized management, higher storage utilization, and shared access by clients to large amounts of storage.

We describe the design and features of SAN File System, as well as how to plan for, install, configure, administer, and protect it.

This book is for all who want to understand, install, configure, and administer SAN File System. It is assumed the reader has basic knowledge of storage and SAN technologies.

Part 1. Introduction to IBM TotalStorage SAN File System

Chapter 1. Introduction

Chapter 2. SAN File System overview

Part 2. Planning, installing, and upgrading

Chapter 3. MDS system design, architecture, and planning issues

Chapter 4. Pre-installation configuration

Chapter 5. Installation and basic setup for SAN File System

Chapter 6. Upgrading SAN File System to Version 2.2.2

Part 3. Configuration, operation, maintenance, and problem determination

Chapter 7. Basic operations and configuration

Chapter 8. File sharing

Chapter 9. Advanced operations

Chapter 10. File movement and life cycle management

Chapter 11. Clustering the SAN File System Microsoft Windows client

Chapter 12. Protecting the SAN File System environment

Chapter 13. Problem determination and troubleshooting

Part 4. Exploiting the SAN File System

Chapter 14. DB2 with SAN File System

Appendix A. Installing IBM Directory Server and configuring for SAN File System

Appendix B. Installing OpenLDAP and configuring for SAN File System

Appendix C. Client configuration validation script

Appendix D. Additional material