Storage Management Overview; Storage Management Elements - HP StorageWorks NAS 1500s Installation Manual

Storage management overview

This section provides an overview of the components that make
up the NAS storage structure. A complete discussion of the
components and their relationships is available in the
administration guide.

Storage management elements

Storage is divided into three 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.
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Caution: This section on storage management and Disk
Manager is required reading material for the NAS
administrator. This section develops the concepts and
requirements that serve as the basis for successfully using an
HP StorageWorks NAS device. Failure to read this section
and the appropriate sections on storage management in the
administration guide may lead to data loss or file corruption.
NAS 1500s Installation Guide