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Storage Management

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The methods and tools used to manage storage devices (disk arrays, tape libraries, etc.), storage networking devices (fiber channel switches, etc.), storage-related components inside servers (host bus adaptors, etc.), and logical objects mapped on those devices (logical units, access paths, etc.). In general, the scope of storage management is limited to the management of storage infrastructure and does not handle the data stored in the infrastructure. The functions of storage management include device management, performance management, and problem management. Those functions are usually provided as software tools.

Historical Background

Storage management technologies have developed in parallel with the evolution of storage networking.

In the early 1990s, storage devices were used as DAS devices. Even in a DAS environment, storage management functions such as storage device management were required, and those functions were provided as dedicated software tools for specific...

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Recommended Reading

  1. Cummings R. Storage Network Management, Storage Network Industry Association. 2004. Available at: http://www.snia.org/education/storage_networking_primer/stor_mngmnt/

  2. Storage Network Industry Association. Storage Network Industry Association tutorials. 2014. Available at: http://www.snia.org/education/tutorials/

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Authors and Affiliations

  1. VLSI Design and Education Center, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan

    Hiroshi Yoshida

  2. Fujitsu Limited, Yokohama, Japan

    Hiroshi Yoshida

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  1. Georgia Institute of Technology College of Computing, Atlanta, GA, USA

    Ling Liu

  2. University of Waterloo School of Computer Science, Waterloo, ON, Canada

    M. Tamer Özsu

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  1. Inst. of Industrial Science, Univ. of Tokyo, Tokyo, Meguro Ku, Japan

    Masaru Kitsuregawa

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Yoshida, H. (2018). Storage Management. In: Liu, L., Özsu, M.T. (eds) Encyclopedia of Database Systems. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-8265-9_1332

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