to understand SAN

[stephen peng]

which documents are most suitable for me to understand SAN in HP enviroment?

[P Muralidhar Kini · Accepted solution]

Hi Stephen,

Check the following links -
Simplifying SAN- a White Paper on SAN Technology
http://searchstorage.techtarget.com/whitepaperPage/0,293857,sid5_gci814065,00.html

SAN basics
http://searchstorage.techtarget.com/whitepaperPage/0,293857,sid5_gci873436,00.html

http://www.boostsystems.com/files/SAN%20Basics.pdf

Hope this helps.

Regads,
Murali

[Michael Leu]

HP StorageWorks SAN Design Reference Guide
http://bizsupport1.austin.hp.com/bc/docs/support/SupportManual/c00403562/c00403562.pdf

Very extensive (460 pages!) and updated frequently.

Newest version can be found in SPOCK http://hp.com/storage/spock (HP Passport required) or in BSC http://hp.com/go/bizsupport

[Michael Leu]

http://hp.com/go/sdgmanuals is even better.

[susanta_dutta]

Hi Stephen,

Recently I was reading this excellent book on SAN
http://www.bytepile.com/includes/SAN_Book_3.0_Hitachi.pdf

Regards
Susanta