IBM System Storage N series Software Guide

Corporate workgroups, distributed enterprises, and small to medium-sized companies are increasingly seeking to network and consolidate storage to improve availability, share information, reduce costs, and protect and secure information. These organizations require enterprise-class solutions capable of addressing immediate storage needs cost-effectively, while providing an upgrade path for future requirements. Ideally, IT managers would like a maximum degree of flexibility to design the architecture that best supports the requirements of multiple types of data and a broad range of applications. IBM® System Storage® N series storage systems and their software capabilities are designed to meet these requirements.

IBM System Storage N series storage systems offer an excellent solution for a broad range of deployment scenarios. IBM System Storage N series storage systems function as a mulitprotocol storage device that is designed to allow you to simultaneously serve both file and block-level data across a single network. These activities are demanding procedures that, for some solutions, require multiple, separately managed systems. The flexibility of IBM System Storage N series storage systems, however, allows them to address the storage needs of a wide range of organizations, including distributed enterprises and data centers for midrange enterprises. IBM System Storage N series storage systems also support sites with computer and data-intensive enterprise applications, such as database, data warehousing, workgroup collaboration, and messaging.

This IBM Redbooks® publication explains the software features of the IBM System Storage N series storage systems. This book also discusses topics such as installation, setup, and administration of those software features from the IBM System Storage® N series storage systems and clients and provides example scenarios.

Chapter 1. Introduction to the IBM System Storage N series software
Chapter 2. Data ONTAP
Chapter 3. Write Anywhere File Layout
Chapter 4. Snapshot
Chapter 5. Aggregates and volumes
Chapter 6. Multiprotocol data access
Chapter 7. Setting up Common Internet File System shares and joining an Active Directory service
Chapter 8. Recovery with SnapRestore
Chapter 9. Flexible volumes
Chapter 10. FlexClone volumes
Chapter 11. FlexCache volumes
Chapter 12. FlexShare
Chapter 13. Enabling rapid recovery with SnapVault
Chapter 14. SnapDrive
Chapter 15. SnapMirror
Chapter 16. Operations Manager
Chapter 17. SyncMirror
Chapter 18. System Manager
Chapter 19. Multistore
Chapter 20. Space savings with deduplication
Chapter 21. Thin replication using SnapVault and Volume SnapMirror
Chapter 22. What storage efficiency is

Publish Date
07 December 2011

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Author(s)

Alex Osuna is a Project Leader at the International Technical Support Organization, Tucson Center. He writes extensively and teaches IBM classes worldwide on all areas of storage. Before joining the ITSO three years ago, Alex worked as a Principle Systems Administrator for the IBM Tivoli Western Region. Alex has over 30 years in the I/T industry focused mainly on hardware and software storage. He holds certifications from IBM, Microsoft, Red Hat, and the Open Systems Group.

• Alex Osuna

Carsten Larsen is a Senior IT Specialist working for the Maintenance and Service organization in IBM Denmark delivering consultancy services to IBM customers within the storage arena. Carsten joined IBM in 2007, leaving behind a job at HP where he worked with Storage Arrays and UNIX for 10 years, holding, among others, the HP certification: Master Certified Systems Engineer (MASE). While working for IBM, Carsten has obtained the Brocade certifications: Brocade Certified Fabric Professional (BCFP) and Brocade Certified SAN Designer (BCSD) and is also author of the IBM/Brocade SAN-switch Redbooks publications.

• Carsten Larsen

Tarik Jose Maluf is an IBM Certified IT Specialist in Brazil. Tarik has more than ten years of experience in the I/T industry. He has eight years of experience in Windows Servers Management and related products. Tarik has worked as a Storage Administrator since 2010, and his areas of expertise include enterprise disk and virtualization (IBM Storage Systems IBM DS8000, IBM DS4000, SAN Volume Controller, and N series). He holds a degree in Information Technology from UNICAMP (University of Campinas/Brazil) and certifications from IBM, Microsoft, Citrix, and the Open Group.

• Tarik Jose Maluf

Luiz Paulo Moreira is an N series System Administrator in Brazil. Luiz has 10 years of experience in TI and 4 years of experience with N series storage systems. Luiz holds a degree in Telecommunication Engineering from UNITAU (University of Taubate - Taubate/Brazil). His areas of experience include Windows servers management, Malware defense, Backup and Recovery, and SAN Management.

• Luiz Paulo Moreira

Karen Orlando is a Project Leader at the International Technical Support Organization, Tucson Arizona Center. Karen has over 25 years in the I/T industry with extensive experience in Product Test and Information and Software Development of IBM hardware and software storage. She holds a degree in Business Information Systems from the University of Phoenix and is a Project Management Professional (PMP) certified since 2005.

• Karen Orlando

Patrick P. Schill is a Senior IT Specialist for IBM Global Business Services US Federal Division. Patrick has 11 years of technical experience specializing in implementing heterogeneous enterprise storage solutions, Boot from SAN architecture, and a strong skill set with Microsoft Messaging Solutions (E2k3, E2k7, E2k10 infrastructures with 410,000 + users), Disaster Recovery, and Virtualization. He has infused enterprise design solutions requested from Federal agencies published within RFQ, RFI, and RFP deliverables. He has executed successful designs integrated in Federal agencies including the Department of Veterans Affairs and the Department of Defense, and he holds multiple Federal clearances. Patrick is a graduate of DePaul University holding a Bachelor of Science degree in Systems Management/Network Technologies & Telecommunications. In addition, he holds certifications from IBM (Xseries servers, IBM XIV, Enterprise Storage, N series), F5, and Microsoft.

• Patrick P. Schill

ISBN

0738436194

IBM Form Number
SG24-7129-05

Number of pages
654