Nothing Like The SAN
a fabric tale about channels
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SAN - The (not so) Little Network That Could...
What's In A SAN?
Why Use SANs?
A Little About SCSI
The SCSI Architecture
SCSI Commands
An Example - The SCSI Inquiry Command
A Little About Fiber-Channel
Fiber-Channel Terminology
More Fiber-Channel Terminology
About RAIDs
SAN Virtualization
Linux, SCSI and SANs
The Linux SCSI Sub-System
SCSI Drivers Loading Order
Looking At SCSI "things" - /proc/scsi
Looking At SCSI "things" - /proc/sg/
Looking At SCSI "things" - /sys/class/scsi/
Linux HBA Drivers
Linux And SCSI Hotplug
Linux Hotplug And Fiber-Channel
Two Words About LVM
Two Words About LVM And SANs
References
Originally written by
guy keren