4 Storage management overview
This chapter provides an overview of some of the components that make up the storage structure
of the storage system.
Storage management elements
Storage is divided into four major divisions:
Physical storage elements
Logical storage elements
File system elements
File sharing elements
Each of these elements is composed of the previous level's elements.
Storage management example
Figure 8 (page 28)
The following sections provide an overview of the storage elements.
depicts many of the storage elements that one would find on a storage device.
Storage management elements
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