Chapter 7.5. Selecting storage controllers

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112 SAN Volume Controller: Best Practices and Performance Guidelines possible with striping mode. This situation is a rare exception given the unlikely requirement to optimize for FlashCopy as opposed to online workload. 7.5 Selecting storage controllers When selecting storage controller types, the decision generally comes down to the ability of the storage subsystem to meet the availability objectives of the applications. Because the SVC does not provide any data redundancy, the availability characteristics of the storage controllers have the most impact on the overall availability of the data virtualized by the SVC. Performance becomes less of a determining factor due to the SVC’s ability to ...

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