Preliminary Planning Questions
As you plan, consider the following questions:
How much storage do you need?
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How do you want to present available storage to users?
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What storage organization makes the most sense for user workflow?
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What levels of performance do users require?
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How important is high availability?
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What are your requirements for security?
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Your answers to the questions above will help you decide the following:
What RAID schemes should you use for your RAID arrays?
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How many SAN volumes do you need?
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How should individual volumes be organized?
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Which preset volume type can you choose for each volume?
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Which LUNs should be assigned to each affinity tag?
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Which clients, users, and groups should have access to each volume?
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Which computers will act as metadata controllers?
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Do you need standby metadata controllers?
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Do you need to adjust a volume’s allocation strategy?
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How should you configure your Ethernet network?
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Review the considerations and guidelines on the following pages for help creating a
suitable SAN design.