网络存储导论 —2 PPT.ppt

Storage System Environment Copyright ? 2009 EMC Corporation. Do not Copy - All Rights Reserved. Storage System Environment Storage System Environment Module 1.2 Storage System Environment Upon completion of this module, you will be able to: List components of storage system environment Host, connectivity and storage List physical and logical components of hosts Describe key connectivity options Describe the physical disk structure Discuss factors affecting disk drive performance Lesson: Components of Storage System Environment Upon completion of this lesson, you will be able to: Describe the three components of storage system environment Host, Connectivity and Storage Detail Host physical and logical components Describe interface protocol PCI, IDE/ATA and SCSI Describe storage options Tape, optical and disk drives Host Applications runs on hosts Hosts can range from simple laptops to complex server clusters Physical components of host CPU Storage Disk device and internal memory I/O device Host to host communications Network Interface Card (NIC) Host to storage device communications Host Bus Adapter (HBA) Host: Logical Components Logical Components of the Host Application Interface between user and the host Three-tiered architecture Application UI, computing logic and underlying databases Application data access can be classifies as: Block-level access: Data stored and retrieved in blocks, specifying the LBA File-level access: Data stored and retrieved by specifying the name and path of files Operating system Resides between the applications and the hardware Controls the environment Logical Components of the Host: LVM Responsible for creating and controlling host level logical storage Physical view of storage is converted to a logical view by mapping Logical data blocks are mapped to physical data blocks Usually offered as part of the operating system or as third party host software LVM Components: Physical Volumes Volume Groups Logical Volumes Volume Groups O